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Sonic Youth Guitarist Lee Ranaldo Brings ‘Last Night’ to San Jose
There are moments in modern life when nature intrudes and reality is transformed. When I was living in New York, a twister skipped across my Brooklyn neighborhood. It was tiny as tornadoes go, but...
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Hurricane Roses Explore Life and Death With Second Album
Roots-tinged rockers Hurricane Roses found a following with the earnest, revealing songs on their 2011 debut record. A quick follow-up would have made a lot of sense for the Bay Area band, but it also...
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Turn Down For What: The Sonics Play Blank Club
These days, when a rock band wants distorted guitars or an overdriven vocal, they can simply kick on a stomp box or apply a digital effect to the mix. But back in 1960, when the Sonics were first...
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‘Queen Of Rockabilly’ Wanda Jackson At Blank Club
The annals of popular music teem with ersatz nobility: self-proclaimed dukes, kings and princes. But no one deserves her title more than Wanda Jackson, Queen of Rockabilly. Although she had only one US...
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Murder City Devils Are Coming For The Blank Club
When the Murder City Devils disbanded in 2001, the Seattle group were drawing more fans to shows, were no longer struggling to make ends meet, and were scheduled to produce another LP for their label,...
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Photos: The Trims, The Lovemakers at The Blank Club
Up and coming San Jose new wave band The Trims celebrated the release of their new self-titled record, playing to a sold-out crowd at The Blank Club on Friday. The local quartet ripped through a...
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Working Musicians: The Chop Tops Open Tour At The Blank Club, Speed Toward...
No one in The Chop Tops has a day job. It’s been that way for the Santa Cruz-based “revved-up rockabilly” outfit since sometime in 2007. But even though they’ve been doing little else besides playing...
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The Voodoo Glow Skulls Keeping Ska Alive
It can be hard to believe now, but two decades ago ska had a pretty big moment. It was a time before Gwen Stefani’s solo debut and Bradley Nowell’s overdose, when alternative radio stations were...
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PHOTOS: Bye Bye Blank Club
This weekend marked the final curtain call for The Blank Club. After 12 years of booze-fueled, punk rock parties and indie discos, the owner of the San Jose venue, Corey O’Brien, allowed the club’s...
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Can The Ritz Bring Rock & Roll Back To SoFA?
Three dangling crimson bulbs trace a straight line through the hall, directing eyes to the stage at the far end of the room, while another set of orbs cast a sanguine glow on the shiny black surface of...
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