{"id":430430,"date":"2026-08-12T04:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T04:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/430430\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T04:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T04:52:15","slug":"iv-and-the-strange-band-in-san-jose-metro-silicon-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/430430\/","title":{"rendered":"IV and the Strange Band in San Jose | Metro Silicon Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IV and the Strange Band doesn\u2019t sound much like anyone else touring right now. Fronted by Coleman Williams\u2014better known as IV, also the great-grandson of Hank Williams\u2014the band pulls together outlaw country, punk, rockabilly and hard rock without worrying about neat genre labels. The songs are gritty, loud and a little unpredictable, carrying just enough of the family legacy to acknowledge it before heading off in their own direction. The Ritz feels like the right room for that approach, where the band\u2019s rough edges and high energy should come across exactly as intended.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theritzsanjose.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IV and the Strange Band<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tue, Aug 18, 7pm, $25-$30<\/p>\n<p>The Ritz, San Jose<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IV and the Strange Band doesn\u2019t sound much like anyone else touring right now. Fronted by Coleman Williams\u2014better&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[171135,171136,171137,124962,29484,171138,88,90,89,2280,420],"class_list":["post-430430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-hank-williams","tag-iv-and-the-strange-band","tag-metroactive2","tag-outlaw-country","tag-punk","tag-rockabilly","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-silicon-valley","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}