oncerts * cconcerts WYNONNA WYNON NNA & THE BIG NOISE
CRASHFASTER
Dec 4 at San Jose Civic
JJAY AY Z Dec 11 at SSAP AP Center
BLIND D BO BOYS OYS OF ALAB ALABAMA AMA Dec 12 aatt Montalvo Arts Center
THE TH HE LEGEND LEGEND OF ZELD ZELDA A Dec 14 at 7:30pm, San Jose Civic
GREAT GREA AT T RUSSIAN RUSSIAN NUT NUTCRACKER CRACKER Dec 14 at Flint Center
A CHARL CHARLIE LIE BR BROWN OWN XMA XMASS W W// DAVID D AV VID BENOIT Dec 15 aatt Montalvo Arts Center
MON MONTGOMERY NTGOMER RY GENTRY/ GENTR RY/ CHA CHARLIE ARLIE D DANIELS ANIELS B BAND AND D 15 at San Jose Civic Dec
WILD JJAM AM Dec 15 at SSAP AP Center
THE TERRA TERRACOTTA T COTT TA PRINCE Dec De ec 1818-22 22 at Flint Center
TOWER T OWER W OF PO POWER/WAR WER/W WA AR Dec D ec 28 at San Jose Civic
THE T HE R ROADSHOW OADSHOW 2 2014 014 Jan 16 at SSAP AP Center
JJUSTIN JUS TIN TIMBERLAKE Jan 19 at SSAP AP Center
Payne and Bryan LLopez Payne opez will have haave their Blackbirdd Tavern own exhibits,, as well. Blackbir Taavern serves guests. ser ves up a full bar ffor or 21+ gu ests. attiree is rrequested. (AD) Cocktail attir equested.. (A AD)
CRASHFASTER CRA SHFFASTEER Homestead Bowl & the X Bar Sat, 8pm, $10 genree seems like The chiptune genr likke something too niche ffor or a lot of people to even consider getting into:: a bunch of dudes making music with their t old genree Nintendo Gameboys? But thee genr has evolved so ffar ar past that.. San S Francisco Crashfaster aree one Fr ancisco quartet Cr ashfasterr ar wholly of the bands taking it into wh olly new territory. ter ritoryy. Their latest album, album Fu Further, urtherr, incorporates alt-rock incorporates industrial music,, al t-rock and electr electro-dance, o-dance,, and they make m some quite serious,, emotiona emotional al songs in the pr process. Morgan ocess. Singer Mor gan n TTucker uucker has become the de ffacto leader acto lead der of the West West Coast scene,, and holds monthly m chip events at the DNA LLounge. oungge.. In addition to Furtherr, Cr Crashfaster ashfasteer just
incredible video rreleased eleased an incr edible vide eo ffor or their “Beacon.”It’s song “Beacon.”It ’s a mesmerizing, mesm merizing, surreal that sur real sci-fi short film tha at masquerades (AC) masquer ades as a music video. v (A C)
*sun n THE PALACE PALACEE BALLROOM B ALLROOM Caravan, San Jose Caravan, Sun, 8pm, free free
plays This San Diego quintet pla ays soft alternative al ternative rock rock that borders bordeers on coffee coffee singer-songwriter shop,, acoustic singer-song gwriter gruff, huskyy material. The singer’s singer’s gruf ff, husk calm voice complements the ca alm rrock ock songs on their album Thiss Is The Plan. While most of the album stays s true to style,, there aree a ffew exceptions. there ar ew ex xceptions. “Competition” “Competition” is a slightly ffolky olky tune with a trance-like tambourine trance-like tambou urine beat
progression and slow vocal pr ogresssion while Plan”” has a rroots-rock “This is the Plan oots-rock ffeel, eel, groove three-part with a nice gr oove andd thr ee-part “Occidental” harmonies.. And “Occid dental”” starts off quiet,, but builds to up to an anthemrrock ock ballad byy the end.. (AD)
EASON EA SON CHAN CHAN San Jose Event Cen Center nter Sun, 7pm, $58-$138 8 One of the leaders in the CCantopop antopop scene, Eason Chan is known just as much ffor or his voice as ffor or his musical innovations. No wonder wondder he’s he’s referred referred to as a ““god god of song”” in China—his gorgeous voice is smooth, gor geous and operatic. oper atic He typically sings over soft atic. piano arrangements, arrangements, which have easy-soul, traditional elements of easy-sou ul, tr aditional Chinese music and rradio-pop a adio-pop songs. transcend Some singers tr ansceend language barriers, perfect bar riers, and Chan is the t perf ect emotions example: the emotion ns he conveys aree eas easily with his voice ar sily understood, tongue. rregardless egardless of native to ongue. (NR)
*mon m BEYONCÉ BE YONCÉÉ
SAP Center SAP Center,r, San Jose Mon, 8pm, $275+ + career In the beginning of her solo car eer Beyoncé mostly stuck s closely to R&B a hip-hop and R& &B sound. Her “Crazy debut single “Cr azy In LLove,” ove,”” ffor or instance, has an ener eenergetic getic hip-hop ffeel eel rreminiscent eminiscent oof ’90s R&B rradio. adio. album, On her ffourth ourth alb um, 4, she she’s ’s rreally eally moved in to the modern era.“Run m er a.“Run The World World (Girls)”” has a heavy, heavyy, electronic-loop marching electronic-loop onic loop and and mar ching snare snare beat, a sample sam mple from from electro-weirdo electro-weirdo DJJ collective Major Laze.“Countdown” Laze.“Countdownn” mixes heavy dance beats and jazz shuffle into a truly experimental experimenntal pop-song. Beyoncé stops att the SSAP AP Center for for her Mrs. Carter Carteer Show world tour. tour. (AD)
DAVID D AV VID GARRETT J 21 at San Jose Civic Jan
GEORGE GE ORGE SSTRAIT TRAIT Jan 30 at SSAP AP Center
SSTYX TYX Feb 6 at San Jose Civic
DEMI LLOVATO OVATO Feb 11 at SSAP AP Center
SPYRO SP YRO GGYRA YRA Feb 13 aatt Montalvo Arts Center
PIXIESS PIXIE FFeb eb 22 at San Jose Civic
THE SE SECOND COND CITY Feb 22 aatt Montalvo Arts Center
NUCLEAR CCOWBOYZ OWBOYZ March Mar c 29ch 29-30 30 at SAP SAP Center
ANTHONY BOURDAIN ANTHONYBOU URDAIN&ERICRIPER & ERIC RIPERT RT April 13 at SSJJ Center Ceenter for for P Performing erforming Arts
CHER July 2 at SSAP AP Center For musi ic updates and contest music giveawayys, like us on Facebook giveaways, at metr ofb.com metrofb.com
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TRIPLE HO SHO SHOW W Dec 3 at SAP SAP Center
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