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Hood Internet to Mash Up SOhO

February 1, 2016 by

At 9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4, an unprecedented event in the universe will be happening in downtown Santa Barbara. Stars will be colliding one after another after another, putting SOhO’s structural ...
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XYLØ and FMLYBND Take Over Velvet Jones

January 28, 2016 by

It took me by surprise when I read about XYLØ’s upcoming show dates and I did not see one for Los Angeles, but dates for both San Francisco and Santa Barbara. XYLØ is a duo based out of L.A., but ...
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Mariachi Metal Group Metalachi Rocks Velvet Jones

January 28, 2016 by

A young man gets up on stage. He wears a loose-fitting, colorful button-down. I speak with his mother, Sherry Mandell, about the organic produce company she works for. Her son belts out: “This place...
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Tradition and Culture Converge with Itzhak Perlman and Emanuel Ax

January 28, 2016 by

Hundreds of octogenarians shuffle into their seats. The house is packed. They have come to hear two of the most celebrated classical musicians in the world. On Thursday night, Jan. 21st, the famous Gr...
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Preview: Lemaitre Coming to SOhO

January 27, 2016 by

It may be true to say that electronic music has never been bigger than it is today. Massive festivals like EDC, Tomorrowland and Electric Zoo dominate the festival-scape, and even more traditional eve...
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Finding Home with Brooklyn

January 25, 2016 by

Where is home? “Brooklyn” chronicles a young woman’s journey that is both literal and introspective. After stepping out of Ellis Island’s customs checkpoint into a heavenly lig...
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Tommy Emmanuel Energizes Campbell Hall

January 25, 2016 by

As I had predicted hours prior, hordes of elderly people flocked to and surrounded Campbell Hall the night Tommy Emmanuel stopped at UCSB’s campus. However, upon reaching the destination, I noticed ...
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Ghastly, Local Acts Make Sunday Funday @ SOhO

January 24, 2016 by

Swarms of drunken Isla Vistans descended upon SOhO Restaurant and Music Club Sunday night to jump up, down and all around to the show SELECT Entertainment and We the Beat lined up. Individuals who nor...
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Brazilian Girls, Dreamers Set Upon SOho

January 24, 2016 by

Setting: last Saturday, Jan. 16 a beautifully warm night delighted by a line-up subtly genius in nature draped itself over Santa Barbara. Inside an interesting restaurant concert venue styled American...
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David Kuperman Batcave Session

January 24, 2016 by

If you’ve ever cruised down Pardall on a Tuesday night, you might have passed a cozy open mic occurring at the Coffee Collaborative, and heard a quick snippet of what sounds like a guitar-percussion...
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Metalachi to Mash It Up @ Velvet Jones

January 22, 2016 by

If you smashed together a circle marked “black metal,” and another named “mariachi music,” the resulting Venn-diagram intersection would be labeled “Metalachi.” The band of the same name t...
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Monterey Jazz Brings Campbell to Life

January 21, 2016 by

The air was still and brimming with excited anticipation in Campbell Hall on Thursday night. A group of five men stood onstage with their silent instruments, illuminated by an outline of red light. Qu...
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Winter Wonder Drag at UCSB

January 21, 2016 by

If David Bowie taught us anything, it was to always strive to be the artistic, sexy, alluring and flamboyant humans we are. And with Mr. Bowie’s recent passing (moment of silence for my still-aching...
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Beach Punks Surfer Blood Rock SOhO

January 21, 2016 by

My first time attempting to find downtown Santa Barbara’s SOhO music club proved to be more difficult than I thought it would. As I wandered down State Street in the frigid, 45-degree weather, I tho...
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BoomBox Headed to SOhO

January 20, 2016 by

  BoomBox is a band featuring Russ Randolph and Zion Rock Godchaux. The pair act as producers, songwriters and DJs of their electronic-centric group. Their music blends rock and electronic beats ...
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