Now that Wide Open Walls (formerly the Sacramento Mural Festival) has been running for three years, our city is quickly becoming one of the nation’s leading patrons of urban art. So-called “urban art” combines the aesthetic sensibilities of street art with the familiar imagery of pop art, and uses techniques…
Sad Girlz Club, Hard Feelings Punk rock goodness from one of Sacramento’s buzziest new bands. Nine solid jams recorded by Patrick Hills, the go-to-guy for much of Sac’s punk and rock music scenes, at Earth Tone Studios. Stream Hard Feelings on Spotify, Bandcamp and other online outlets. Buy a physical…
The snow is melting, roads that were seasonally closed are beginning to open and spring is in the air. A list of my favorite hot springs in California is past due, so here I write about my experiences regarding some of the best in the state. Hot spring season is…
Instead of chasing a career as a musician, a young Ryan Thompson decided to focus his attention on building his new business to support his soon-to-be growing family. “I was 21 when we got married, and my wife and I have been married for 23 years,” said Thompson. “We’ve been…
And we thought the all-cello metal band Apocalytpica was going to be the most unexpected fusion band to come through Sacramento this year. Well, Che Apalache, a Buenos Aires-based Latin-bluegrass band, just may have them beat. Joe Troop, the group’s fiddler, is originally from North Carolina but moved to Argentina…
Everyone is looking for their group, a community to which they belong. It’s easier for some than it is for others, but everyone is looking for connection in some way. Music is often the force that brings many people together, and for the members in French hardcore band Birds in…
To the casual listener, Lovelytheband may have appeared virtually out of nowhere. The band formed in 2016 and just a year later, their single, “Broken,” with its almost diabolically catchy chorus, was topping the Billboard Alternative Chart. “Everyday our minds are playing catch-up to what we’re doing,” Lovelytheband’s frontman Mitchy…
Hollie Dilley loves animals. And she loves art. When you picture taxidermy, love isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. You think of hunting lodges and rich old men and trophy cases. Gaston singing, “I use antlers in all of my decorating!” Death, decay, formaldehyde. Taxidermy literally means “arrangement…
On the cover of According to Bazooka’s third and latest album, the Davis quartet cast a long shadow over a country road, distant and faced away toward a wide screen of luminous blue sky. Are they following the fading light, dirgelike, a second line band holding a jazz funeral for…
Before Disney rolls out their latest live-action makeover of one of their classic animated films, go see the bodypaint-covered version of Genie in the Broadway adaptation of Aladdin, which will be at the Community Center Theater (1301 L St.) May 15–June 2, 2019. With a book by Tony-nominated Chad Beguelin…
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