Music

A New Album, A New Leaf Since 2007 ZuhG has been representing Sacramento with its groove-funk style and earth-centric liberal aesthetic. They play a bit of blues, a bit of jazz and a bit of psychedelic rock. They mix hip-hop and saxophones, flutes and Rastafarian herbal idolatry. Yet, despite the…

Dance Gavin Dance moves past another bout of offstage controversy and releases epic new album Considering everything Dance Gavin Dance has been through (or has put itself through, depending upon how you look at it), Downtown Battle Mountain II is a fitting title for the band’s latest album. Released March…

A couple of Sacramento legends are teaming up for a side-project of sorts. Deftones’ Chino Moreno has started a new side project he’s calling Crosses, which also features Far guitarist Shaun Lopez. Moreno’s last project away from the Deftones came by way of 2005’s self-titled Team Sleep album. Moreno told…

Sacramento rock favorites Prieta are hard at work on a new album, much to the delight of everyone at Submerge. They’re approaching this one differently than their previous efforts in that their current practice space is actually Ira Skinner’s Alley Avenue Recording Studios, so as the band finishes new material…

Juan MacLean Adds a Very Human Touch to Electronic Music “You know what’s weird is a name came up on my phone. You must be calling from a landline,” said Juan MacLean from his tour bus. When Submerge contacted him for our interview, we did in fact call from a…

A new clothing boutique is opening up soon called Legacy Boutique just about a block down from Phono Select (at 2418 K Street, right next to Tres Hermanas). Owner Debbie Milanova is no stranger to the fashion biz, having worked for the last five years alongside Sacramento fashion-staple Mary Kawano…

Red Bull Soundclash: Cee Lo Green vs. The Ting Tings Saturday, March 12, 2011 MGM Resorts International lot, Las Vegas, NV Red Bull is a company known for doing things big, nay, huge. Most events they throw are spectacles that leave people thinking, “WTF?” or “How is that possible?” Example:…

Marnie Stern’s Unintentional but Compulsive Musical Attack Last fall when Tina Fey won the Mark Twain Prize for Humor, she remarked she was honored to be one of the few females to win this noted honor but looked forward to a time when we stopped counting women’s successes. Can’t a…

Spotlight Doesn’t Seem to Spoil Travie McCoy’s Flow When a front person for a popular band decides to put out a solo album, it always feels like his or her band days are over. Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes, however, seems determined to refrain from pulling a Stefani and…

Best Coast, Wavves, Hunx and His Punx, Royal Baths Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 The Regency Ballroom – San Francisco Hot off the “Summer is Forever” tour, pot-smoking indie rockers Best Coast and Wavves headlined a sold-out ballroom last week for the Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco. The Regency Ballroom…