Guide to Silicon Valley: Curtis Meacham of Monkey
Monkey may very well be San Jose’s longest running, consistently-active band. The band emerged in 1995, but unlike a lot of Monkey’s contemporaries, it never mixed punk rock and ska. Monkey always...
View ArticleLocals Only: Sixteen of the best releases from Silicon Valley bands this year
YEAR-END LISTS typically hew to the comfy round number 10. And although Top 10 has a ring to it, Silicon Valley’s melting pot of musical talent fused genres, collaborated, innovated and turned out so...
View ArticleDavid Brookings And The Average Lookings Giving In-Store Performance At...
He’s been playing music for 25 years, recorded three full-length records at the world-famous Sun Studios in Memphis, and he has more than 130,000 views on YouTube. Still, David Brookings is far from a...
View ArticleSoFA Street Fair 2015: Six Can’t-Miss Bands
The SoFA Street Fair is returning for its second straight year since awakening from its decade-long hibernation last September. The Fair’s original reign, which lasted from 1992 until 2001, bookended...
View ArticleSoFA Street Fair: Free For All
The SoFA Street Fair returns to San Jose’s South First Street arts, culture and nightlife district this Sunday for a day of music, food, beer, art and much more. It marks the fourth such event since...
View ArticleDavid Brookings At St. James Park
Generations before the fantastical cast of characters from the Harry Potter series captured the imagination of America, the British were worming their way into our collective consciousness through rock...
View ArticleA Tribute To The Beatles At Forager
San Jose musicians will get to show off their knowledge of the Fab Four while contributing to a good cause with this Beatles tribute event. Local bands David Brookings and the Average Lookings, Bird...
View ArticleDavid Brookings at Art Boutiki
South Bay pop rock fixture David Brookings is getting the band back together. After playing a number of local shows on his own, Brookings is taking the stage with his backing band—The Average...
View ArticleDavid Brookings & the Average Lookings at Art Boutiki
Pop music has changed a lot in the last 60 years, but there’s still something to be said for that little thing called melody. With an ear for the classics, South Bay power-pop group David Brookings and...
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