Music

Living Room Scientists

Bows & Arrows secondhand hipster apparel boutique is not known for its live entertainment, but the dozen or so hip enough to be in the know got a brief, but aurally excitable performance from Placerville’s Pregnant Dec. 3. Formerly grid kids, Pregnant moved out to the sticks, possibly to their…

Submerge’s Year End List

in 140 characters or less 20. The XX XX (XL) One of the best man and woman duets of all time. Their voices mesh together like delicious PB+J. Songs to groove or snooze to. 19. Consider the Thief Signs and Wonders (Self-released) Locally bred, brilliantly produced post-rock album that plays…

In Memoriam : Sacramento Scene Shake Up

A look at the Sacramento scene shake-up in 2009 It was a difficult year for the local musician as at least eight bands met their demise. Swansong shows were played, vans were crashed and relationships collapsed in bittersweet endings. The silver lining in the shambles of bands lost? As we…

Dust in the Wind

The Mother Hips Settle into a steady groove on their latest album The rumors of The Mother Hips’ demise have been greatly exaggerated—and for quite some time now. In 2003, the venerable San Francisco-based psychedelic-tinged rock band went on a hiatus that lasted a year. But to hear people talk…

Life in 24 Frames, In Focus

Life in 24 Frames takes a progressive approach to their music, in more ways than one It’s time the music industry faces the truth that soon the CD will be an obsolete technology. While it is heartbreaking that record stores might disappear as well, it’s impossible to deny the power…

Newest addition to the Sacramento Restaurant Family

Ten22 1022 2nd Street, Old Sacramento Words & Photo by Josselin Bassaldu It seems as though restaurateur Terry Harvego has given the Firehouse Restaurant a brother, nurtured to life just a block away. It’s a well-equipped younger sibling, ready to follow in its big bro’s popular footsteps. Ten22 was slated…

Dead or Alive

Exene Cervenka and X still as vital as ever “My stove was broken, and someone came to fix it,” confides Exene Cervenka after an interruption in the middle of our interview. “They said it was never broken in the first place. They made it work, and I feel like an…

Thanks be to Rock ‘n’ Roll

Mike Farrell, Lite Brite Old Ironsides “¢ Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 Words by Adam Aaake “¢ Photos by April Fredrikson In our last issue, no. 47, local musician and show promoter Ira Skinner said that “Sacramento’s music scene is probably in the worst condition that I’ve seen it in my…

Fashawn : Boy Meeting World, Making Great Music

Boy Meeting World, Making Great Music At 21 years old, rapper Fashawn has the maturity and foresight of men many moons his elder. The Fresno native grew up fast and, using hip-hop as a tool, persevered as one of the genre’s youngest and most promising talents. With his debut album,…

Fright Night

Death Valley High is All the Doom with None of the Gloom What else to do in the face of a zombie apocalypse besides dance your ass off? Sure, you could hunker down in a fortified location with some canned food and a shotgun, but you’re really just delaying the…