By John Koenig
Cody Jinks flat out says he won’t make another album like his new effort, Change the Game. It’s not that he doesn’t like the album. In fact, he says he thinks it’s his most complete effort.
The small Milpitas restaurant Kokoro Ramen is big on flavor. With only a handful of tables, the menu offers more than eight types of ramen, dry noodles and a large collection of appetizers.
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There will be Riot Grrrl tunes, arena rock and one-hit wonders. Even KISS covers. All performed by kids.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): When my friend Jessalyn first visited Disneyland as a child, she was smitten by its glimmering, unblemished mystery. “It was far more real than real,” she said. “A dream come true.” But after a few hours, …
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Magician Eric Eaton spellbinds audiences with an entertaining mix of comedy and trickery. Every trick involves participation from the crowd, with whom Eric develops a witty rapport by mixing comedic talent and magical acuity for a perfectly entertaining event. He …
Presumably named after the ill-fated and ultimately fatal ’70s free concert in the East Bay, the Lords of Altamont embody their name through dirty, hard-rocking sonic explorations that hark back to the raw, pure expression of bands like the Stooges …
Salt-N-Pepa, Hall & Oates, jazz and metal—all legendary combos that titillate the senses and elevate the soul. The first two are commonly available at any high-class shopping outlet, but the third is much more elusive. Like a double rainbow, the …
Screamo from Singapore will be on tap at San Jose’s beloved DIY venue. Along for the ride are PDX’s Senza, Ex Everything, and With Open Arms rounding out a gorgeous night of sonic uplift. In the spirit of the place …
In 1987, drummer Ahmir Thompson started jamming with high school classmate Tariq Trotter. Today, they’re better known as Questlove and Black Thought of the Roots, the legendary hip-hop band with a history 14 projects deep. They’ve amassed multigenerational fans through …
When it comes to Afrobeat, nobody was or is more significant than Fela Kuti. But the name on the marquee was only as good as the band backing them, and when it came to musicians, Kuti knew the best. One …
There have been many glorious eras of Mavis Staples: her ’60s rise to fame as part of the Staple Singers; her solo debut; her chart-topping 2010 album You Are Not Alone; her feature on Hozier’s song “Nina Cried Power” and …
Drummer Julien Cantelm, bassist Justin Grinnell, pianist Danny Green and gospel singer Leonard Patton make up LP And The Vinyl. The Sentinel declares them “a group worthy of special attention,” and they know what they’re talking about. This is one …
Yacht rock. The bass tickling the bottoms of feet. The wah-wah pedal. The goes-down-like-a-piña-colada synths. The smooth drumming and falsetto vocals invoking the ’70s—when the vocals were tight, and the pants were tighter. Any child of the ’70s worth their …
On the property of Montalvo Arts Center, sequestered in the redwoods above Saratoga, a narrow road curls around Parking Lot 1 to reveal 10 LEED-certified, discipline-specific art studios built into a forested hillside along a few miles of hiking trails. …
There are a dozen restaurants to choose from on the short walk from one corner of Milpitas Square to the front entrance of Jun Bistro. And that stretch of concrete is only one quarter of a mall jam-packed with dining …
In 2019, Gina Dent and Rachel Nelson launched Visualizing Abolition, a scholarly public initiative at UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences, which uses art as a medium to advocate for prison abolition and change society’s attitudes towards …
