Metro Active | Cement Prairie

24 24 CHOICES BY: Taylor Jones Justin Tonel metroactive Nick Veronin NOVEMBER 2-8, 2016 NOVEMBER 2-8, | metrosiliconvalley.com | sanjose.com | THE POINTER SISTERS metroactive.com TONY BENNETT *fri THE DIARY OF THE CAVE THE POINTER DECADES IN CEMENT PRAIRIE ANNE FRANK SINGERS SISTERS Fri, 8:30pm, $10 Fri, 11am, $6-$10 X Bar, Cupertino NUMU, Los Gatos Fri, 8pm, $22 Fri, 9pm, $15 Fri, 8pm, $67 Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz Campbell Heritage Theatre After more than 10 years on the During the 1950s an estimated local post-hardcore and emo 100,000 Native Americans were In this new adaptation by Wendy Seattle-based trio The Cave Singers Oakland-bred R&B group The scene, the Union City quartet incentivized to relocate from Kesselman, the story of Anne are just the latest in a long line of Pointer Sisters bring their long- formerly known as Dennis is reservations to urban centers, Frank—who as a young teen spent indie rock bands to give up on the running hit machine to Campbell Dead decided it was time for a including San Francisco and San two years hiding from SS patrols traditional record production and this week. Known for such classics new moniker: Decades In. Since Jose. “Cement Prairie” explores in an attic in the Netherlands—is distribution process. After releasing as “I’m So Excited,” “Jump (For My their formation in 2003, they’ve the impact of this program, which brought to life on stage. Working 2011’s No Witch on Matador and Love) and “Neutron Dance”—from shared stages with a number of was intended to encourage the with the original script by Frances 2013’s Naomi on JagJaguar, the the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack— prominent acts, including The assimilation of the country’s Goodrich and Albert Hackett, band abandoned all record labels, the Sisters scored big hits in the Acacia Strain and Arsonists Get native population. However, due Kesselman incorporates recently turning to the crowdfunding platform 1980s by combining synth-pop All The Girls. The group recently to continued discrimination and discovered passages from Frank’s IndieGoGo to finance their latest arrangements with soulful vocal released their first self-titled segregation, the program ultimately diaries, as well as accounts from full-length, Banshee—a 10-song performances. They’ve been full-length under their new led to the unification of disparate Holocaust survivors. The Tony collection of slowly bubbling, psych- making music for more than 40 name. The 10-song set features tribes into politically organized Award-nominated Diary sheds tinged rock & roll. Though the band years. After the untimely death of the lead single “Buried Under,” blocks. This, in turn, gave way to a fresh light on one of the most wrote Banshee by remotely trading founding member June Pointer a crushing metalcore dirge the modern pan-Indian political compelling narratives to emerge demos, they tracked the album live in 2006, Ruth’s daughter, Issa, with an accompanying wartime movement. San Jose and the from the horrors of World War II. over six days with No Witch producer helped the group continue by video. They share the stage with broader Bay Area became a hub of Presented by Palo Alto Players, The Randall Dunn—a process that taking June’s place. They’ve been Anever, Tamerlane and Brace For this movement, which continues to Diary of Anne Frank runs through stands in stark contrast to the month nominated for nine Grammys and Mavericks this Friday. (JT) advocate for American Indian rights Nov. 20. (JT) they took to record Naomi. (NV) awarded three. (NV) to this day. (NV).

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