May 8, 2018
GoldenVoice, best known for putting together the massive southern California event Coachella, come to the Bay Area for the inaugural hip-hop & more fest Blurry Vision next weekend, May 12 & 13th, at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland:
SATURDAY, MAY 12th
| SZA, 8:45 PM Solana Rowe, a.k.a. SZA (QRO photos at a festival), had people talking from the get-go, but that’s only been more so since last year’s debut full-length, Ctrl, regarded as one of the albums of the year (QRO Top Albums of 2017), including playing Saturday Night Live and a slew of Grammy nominations (but no wins – #JusticeForSZA). |
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| Brockhampton, 7:45 PM Formed in an online forum, making them “the internet’s first boy band,” Brockhampton bring the twentieth century phenomena into the modern age, including hip-hop and mixtapes – and not being just lily-white pretty faces. |
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| Majid Jordan, 6:45 PM Majid Al Maskati and Jordan Ullman form Toronto’s synthwave R&B duo Majid Jordan. |
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| Roy Wood$, 5:05 PM From Drake’s OVO Sound label comes Canada’s Roy Wood$, who heads to Blurry Vision behind last December’s Say Less. |
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| Joji, 4:25 PM Absurdist YouTube star George Miller became world famous for starting the Harlem Shake viral dance, but last year stepped away from such antics to focus on his music career, as Joji. |
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| Clairo, 3:40 PM Boston electro-pop artist Claire Cotrill comes to the other side of the country as Clairo. |
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| Also: Healy, 3:00 PM Trinidad Cardona, 2:20 PM Caleon Fox, 1:40 PM Aux Cord, 12:00 PM |
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SUNDAY, MAY 13th
| Migos, 8:45 PM Quarvo, Takeoff and Offset together form hip-hop supergroup Migos. Last year they dropped Culture and chart-topping hit “Bad and Boujee” – following that up earlier this year with another chart-topper, Culture II, and single with none other than Drake, “Walk It Talk It”. |
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| NxWorries, 7:50 PM Pronounced “No Worries”, NxWorries is the new combo of producer Knowledge and acclaimed young singer Anderson .Paak (QRO photos of .Paak at a festival) – Yes Lawd! |
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| DVSN, 7:00 PM Off of Drake’s OVO Sound label comes Toronto R&B duo DVSN, coming to Blurry Vision after last year’s Morning After. |
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| Alina Baraz, 6:10 PM Cleveland songstress Alina Baraz has impressed lots of people with her down-tempo electronica, including coming off supporting Coldplay on last year’s massive ‘A Head Full of Dreams Tour’. |
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| Kamaiyah, 5:20 PM Oakland rapper Kamaiyah (QRO photos) got notice last year for performing alongside Drake on YG’s single “Why You Always Hatin?”. She comes back home behind last year’s sophomore mixtape Before I Wake. |
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| Sango, 4:25 PM Seattle’s Sango brings his electronic hip-hop to Blurry Vision off of this year’s In the Comfort Of. |
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| Xavier Omär, 3:40 PM San Antonio comes to Oakland in the form of the soulful Xavier Omär (QRO photos at a festival). |
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| Rejjie Snow, 3:00 PM Ireland is home to many things, including rap, in Alex Anyaegbunam, a.k.a. Rejjie Snow. |
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| Also: Smino, 2:20 PM Temporex, 1:40 PM Aux Cord, 12:00 PM |
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For festival website, go here: https://blurryvisionfest.com/
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