The elections may be over, but the news never stops. This week, the Express covered everything from the finest grimy garage rock to the best pupusas in the East Bay, plus the scrappy new stars of public radio.
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Beekeepers played a careening, fitful set at Thee Parkside.
Credits: Bert JohnsonAlthough the band wore uniforms to match their name, each member was uniquely frantic, adding to the teeming sound of the swarm.
Credits: Bert JohnsonWithout shape, it would’ve been exhausting, but the busy, athletic grooves of the drummer lent every song unique propulsion.
Credits: Bert JohnsonLocal rock trio Scraper is reliably raucous.
Credits: Bert JohnsonTheir energetic set proved that guitar rock and its enthusiasts persevere in the Bay Area.
Credits: Bert JohnsonFrom her restaurant in the back of an unassuming deli in a residential neighborhood in Richmond, Norma Muñoz serves up some of the best Salvadorian and Mexican food in the East Bay.
Credits: Bert JohnsonMuñoz chops up and grills her inspired take on al pastor to order.
Credits: Bert JohnsonNorma Meat & Deli serves an impressively large menu.
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The tacos are so good, you’ll want to eat them right away.
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Muñoz is a native of Ahuachapán, El Salvador, but when she first moved to the Bay Area in the mid-1980s, she bluffed her way into a job rolling burritos.
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Roman Mars of 99% Invisible.
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