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Kylesa's Phillip Cope talks to KTVU.com
Founded by guitarists/vocalists Phillip Cope and Laura Pleasants in 2001, Kylesa has refined its sound over the course of five albums to become yet another leading light among forward-thinking bands hailing from Georgia alongside Mastodon and fellow Savannah-based group Baroness. The creative outfit has been weaving together elements of Sabbathy ...
Kinski
Touching on elements of hooky dream pop, fuzzed-out shoegazer drone and visceral psychedelic rock, Seattle-based band Kinski has been making it's unique music since first coming together in 1998. Formed after a discussion at a pub about analog recording between guitarist Chris Martin, bassist Lucy Atkinson and original drummer Dave ...
Man or Astro-man?
Futuristic Auburn, Alabama-based outfit Man or Astro-man? first made noise during the burgeoning surf and garage-punk revival of the early '90s, bringing a costumed collision of staccato Dick Dale guitar frenzy, extra-terrestrial sound effects and sci-fi movie dialog samples and punk energy to stages across the country. Built around principle ...
KTVU.com talks to Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman
One of the leading bands of Britain's second wave of punk in the late '70s and early '80s, Killing Joke forged a dark, apocalyptic sound that has resonated with a host of punk, metal and industrial bands that followed in their wake. Drawing together elements of punk, dub, funk and ...
La Plebe
Long a force to be reckoned with on the Bay Area music scene, SF-based Mexican-American quintet La Plebe (Spanish for "The People") has been dealing out its politically charged, brass-powered bilingual punk rock since its formation in 2001. Sounding not unlike The Clash in the midst of a beer and ...
Dirty Ghosts
Guitarist and singer Allyson Baker took a long and circuitous musical journey to end up where she is today as the principle creative force behind local modern-rock outfit Dirty Ghosts. Baker cut her teeth on punk rock as a teen in Toronto, Ontario, eventually playing guitar in a variety of ...
KTVU.com talks to Jello Biafra
Former Dead Kennedys lead singer Jello Biafra started Alternative Tentacles in 1979 expressly to put out music by the seminal SF punk band prior to their disintegration in 1986 after the DKs highly publicized obscenity trial. By then, the label became a cornerstone of the burgeoning underground punk scene. The ...
Dark Star Orchestra
With a built-in audience of thousands of Dead Heads scattered across the country, Grateful Dead tribute outfit the Dark Star Orchestra has long been acclaimed as one of the most faithful cover acts to focus on the career of Jerry Garcia and company. In fact, the group doesn't play songs ...
KTVU.com talks to Clutch singer Neil Fallon
With a sound that nods to the classic heavy grooves of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath while managing to deliver elaborate and original riffs, Maryland-based hard rockers Clutch have built a loyal following with 20+ years of bone-crushing albums and a deserved reputation for delivering incendiary live shows. Founded in ...
The New Mastersounds
A British quartet that mines the sounds of classic '60s and '70s sounds of gritty Hammond B-3 organ trios and instrumental funk combos like The Meters and James Brown's incendiary backing group The JBs, The New Mastersounds deliver a modern take on vintage soul-jazz, funk and rock. The prolific group ...
Dead Meadow
Oakland club The New Parish takes a turn for the psychedelic with this show featuring the heavy sounds of LA-based power trio Dead Meadow. Melding the sludgy, heavy-riff attack of Black Sabbath with the space-rock excursions of Pink Floyd, guitarist/singer Jason Simon and bassist Steve Kille delve into the kind ...
Dr. John
One of the most popular musical forces to ever emerge from New Orleans, pianist and vocalist Dr. John (aka Mac Rebennack) has been dealing out a rich mix of sounds indigenous to the Louisiana bayou since the late '60s. A talented session musician dating back to the '50s, Dr. John ...
OFF!
The OFF! show scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9, has been canceled due to illness. The venue recommends holding on to tickets and hopes to announce a make-up show in the near future. Headliners Negative Approach and Bad Antics will be playing $5 show with opener Guantanamo Dogpile at the venue ...
Marco Benevento
One of the most remarkable young pianists currently pushing the boundaries of jazz, Marco Benevento is best known for his work playing Hammond B-3 organ and Wurlitzer electric piano as half of the noted experimental indie-jam act the Benevento/Russo Duo. Formed in 2002, the pair earned a rabid following with ...
Billy Cobham
One of the most respected powerhouse drummers to emerge in jazz over the last three decades, Billy Cobham has influenced a generation of percussionists striving to replicate his mix of technical flair, relentless swing and explosive energy. His first professional experience came in 1968 when he played with pianist Horace ...
The Who
Still revered as one of the finest songwriting talents produced by the British Invasion, Pete Townsend helped lead The Who to legendary status long before the '60s even ended. Teamed with charismatic frontman Roger Daltry and the thunderous rhythm section of bassist John Entwhistle and volcanic drummer Keith Moon, The ...
Gojira
France may not be known as the European hotbed for extreme metal (Sweden has a distinct edge in that department), but ever since its formation in 1996, Gallic quartet Gojira has pushed the subject matter and musical boundaries of the genre. With a brutal, complex sound that touches on the ...
Quicksand
Though they never had the mainstream success of fellow NYC band Helmet or massive cult following of Washington, D.C., icons Fugazi, Quicksand was one of the most revered and influential post-hardcore groups to surface during the early '90s alt-rock explosion. Formed in 1990 by singer/guitarist Walter Schreifels -- who had ...
Merle Haggard
One of the leading figures of the Bakersfield country scene that emerged during the '60s, Merle Haggard took a distinctive electric-guitar sound and elements of the maverick "outlaw" style created by Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson while drawing on his own hard-luck life to write some of the most powerful ...
Mother Hips
Formed in 1991 at Chico State in Northern California, roots-minded psychedelic rock band The Mother Hips have run the gamut from dorm band to rising buzz band to cult favorite over the course of two decades in existence. Built around the partnership between guitarist/singers Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacono, the ...
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