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

Daft Punk delivers its first official album, Random Access Memories, in eight years after the Grammy award-winning electronic duo fanned the flames with endless teasers suggesting a return to music. (This article appears courtesy of SFstation.com, an affiliate of Metro Newspaper) With Random Access Memories, the most anticipated album of the year… » Read More

After first debuting a collaboration with San Jose Taiko at Subzero Festival in 2010, the Bangerz is working with the traditional Asian drumming performance group again for a joint performance in San Jose. For the show schedule June 15 at the Montgomery Theater, the two groups want to expand on the original… » Read More

The Rave Run introduced glow sticks and EDM to Silicon Valley’s jogging scene over the weekend at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds for a fun run the culminated with a full-on dance party. Photos by Metro photographer Alex Stover. » Read More

Mick Jagger knows how to personalize a show. In between cries of “San Ho-zay!” and a nod to the Sharks, Jagger recalled playing the San Jose Civic Auditorium all the way back in 1965. Either he has an amazing memory, or a good patter researcher. Jagger regaled the large, all-standing crowd at… » Read More