Tag Archives: 2008 in San Jose

A multi-talented studio room arranger, maker, songwriter, conductor, and music movie director who scored a high 10 hit in 1965 with an instrumental rendition from the Hans Engelmann-penned “Melody of Like,” David Carroll was created in Taylorville, Illinois in 1913. Carroll released a well-received string of orchestral/easy hearing dance LPs …

Spiritually charged San Jose, CA-based alternative rock outfit I Am Empire formed in 2008 across the talents of Austin Lyons (vocals), Andrew Stanton (lead guitar), Joshua Case (bass/vocals), Dan Otis (rhythm guitar), and Eric Martin (drums). With affects that range between My Chemical Love and Jimmy Eat Globe to Muse …

Sugary lovely as their name suggests, Sourpatch stations the twee Northwest sound of Speed Girl, Tiger Capture, or a variety of girl-fronted bubblegum-punk organizations for the roster of Spin Artwork or Slumberland in the ’90s. Shaped in San Jose in past due 2008, Nicole Munoz, Christine Tupou, Mandi Farrell, and …