The summer concerts season will soon be in full swing and the South Bay is playing host to big-name acts from May through the fall. Some of the top acts on the summer concert schedule: Mountain Winery Between the usual Baby Boomer-bait reunion tours coming through the Mountain Winery this summer are… » Read More

While LL Cool J might not be knocking out hits like he did early in his career, the veteran emcee has orchestrated one of the biggest hip-hop shows of the summer concert season with the Kings of the Mic Tour, also featuring Ice Cube, Public Enemy and De La Soul. Stopping at… » Read More

The McEnery Convention Center hosted hundreds of comics fanatics who dressed up as their favorite super heroes and villans for the Big Wow! ComicFest over the weekend. Metro photographer Geoffrey Smith II was there for an action-packed day. » Read More

LIVE 105 has been on the forefront of the EDM movement for years, promoting it even back when it was still a niche genre. In recent years at the BDF festival, the Subsonic Tent—an extension of Aaron Axelsen’s electronic music show—has become a bigger part of the festival, encompassing a bulk of… » Read More

The organizers behind the annual Rock the Bells Festival at Shoreline Amphitheatre are making big moves for their 10-year anniversary with the announcement that Eazy E and Ol’ Dirty Bastard will perform in hologram form this year. The announcement, made last night during a press conference at House of Blues on Sunset… » Read More

Since 1994, LIVE 105′s BFD festival has been a staple for exposing new artists to the Bay Area. The Killers, Imagine Dragons, MGMT and Foster the People all played the festival before they were well known. Even AFI performed—on the local-band stage—well before they hit the national spotlight. In fact, the purpose… » Read More

San Jose chanteuse Anya Kvitka is back with a new video for her track “Maybe.” Be the first to see it here. Just in time for her appearance at Live 105′s BFD this weekend, the track features a sparse piano riff over a classic hip-hop beat as the visuals alternate with Kvitka… » Read More