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SHORTIE ANNOUNCES REUNION SHOW

Beloved Sacramento rock band Shortie will play on Aug. 20, 2011 at Ace of Spades, their first show since breaking up five years ago. Guitarist Anthony Paganelli (who currently plays in Will Haven and also has a new project called Horseneck) recently told Submerge, “The idea of the Shortie reunion came up because we all [...] Read More

Oh Em Gee

Dev and The Cataracs Tour with Usher, Ready to Take the Pop World by Storm Read More

Secretions Suck-Fest!

Beloved Sacramento punkers The Secretions are celebrating 20 years of being a band (congrats fellas!) with a three-day festival they have dubbed “Suck-Fest,” in honor of their slogan, “We Secrete, You Suck,” from May 27 to May 29, 2011 at Fire Escape Bar and Grill in Citrus Heights. The lineup is absolutely insane, boasting over [...] Read More

Live in the City of Trees

Our good friend and talented photographer Wes Davis (of Beatnik Studios) has recently started up a really cool local music video project with his good friend Devon Carsen called Live in the City of Trees. They’re partnering up with local and regional musicians, taking them to really cool spots with unique aesthetics and acoustics in [...] Read More

Arden Park Roots are wrapping up a new EP

Arden Park Roots are wrapping up production on a yet-to-be-titled five-track EP recorded recently in downtown Sacramento at Papa Roach’s Studio. The EP will see a digital-only release and will be a precursor to a full-length album ready later this year or early next year, according to Justin Nordan, who along with Eric Rushing co-manages [...] Read More

Semi-Conscious

Let’s see…what’s been happening in the news lately? Royal wedding? That was a pretty big deal. Oh, wait, Osama bin Laden’s dead (OR IS HE (lol j/k he is, assholes, they said so on television)). I guess I could write about that. I don’t know. It’s been a pretty slow couple of weeks. Or, Common [...] Read More

Anchor Steam Night at Red Lotus & Formoli’s Bistro Slow Beer Movement Dinner No. 4

Two of Sacramento’s most talented chefs, Billy Ngo (of Red Lotus) and Aimal Formoli (of Formoli’s Bistro) have teamed up on their “Slow Beer Movement Dinners,” and Submerge contributor Adam Saake has been raving about them ever since they started a few months ago. On May 23, 2011 the fourth dinner will take place at [...] Read More

Aquifer has a new album online for free

Sacramento hip-hop trio Aquifer has a new album online for free called Don’t Die Waiting, and I strongly suggest you go download it at Aquifermusic.com. Members Nick Bianco, Tommy Fox and Brannum Goldsmith have truly honed their craft, releasing their most polished material to date. Don’t Die Waiting is a well-focused, honest and illustrative view [...] Read More