In spite of their name, Sacramento garage rock veterans Th’ Losin Streaks winningly just finished their third release, This Band Will Self-Destruct in T-Minus. Published with Slovenly Records, it was featured as Album of the Day on Bandcamp, a distinction only awarded to, well, 365 bands a year. It’s been…
For First Fridays on Jan. 4, the WAL Public Market (1104 R St., Suite 110) is hosting an opening reception for local photographer John Muheim’s new exhibit Right Place, Right Time, featuring awesome photos from the Sacramento music scene dating back to the 1970s. Over the years, Muheim’s photographed everyone…
It wasn’t all that long ago when there was a possible court battle looming over promoters across the country putting on their own “Emo Night.” Some folks in Los Angeles decided to trademark the word “emo” and essentially corner the market on club nights that play pop-punk and post-hardcore from…
As the great painter and weirdo Francis Bacon once said, “Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends.” The fellow has a point: You never drink champagne with people who suck, or because your day was crap. That’s whiskey’s job. Fizz, the new bar in the…
Join San Francisco-based comedians and co-founders of Brain Space Comics, Jeremy Talamantes and Jordan Cerminara, as they roast five of their best thrifted/flea market/garage sale/street finds at the Sacramento Comedy Spot. Talamantes is a self-published comic book artist and showcased comedian at Big Pine Comedy Festival and SF Sketchfest. Cerminara…
Here’s a great New Years Resolution idea for you: learn to fly. Not as in piloting a plane, you dummy, but with your own body aided by aerial silks and the guidance of local instructor and performer, Kat Boston of Come Fly with B and Rebel Aerial. Ever since Submerge…
In the wake of the recent Camp Fire, the most destructive and deadly wildfire in the state’s history, Chico’s own Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. stepped up with a genius and selfless idea: brew an IPA called Resilience, share the recipe with breweries around the country, ask them to brew their…
Are you unbelievably ultra-mega-stoked for winter rains and the snow season to start!? If not, it’s time to head down to Santa Cruz. Look up “things to do in Santa Cruz” and a plethora of activities ranging from brewery tastings to downhill mountain biking make the list. Thought of as…
As a comedy fan and as a comedian, I’m ashamed to admit that Nikki Glaser wasn’t really on my radar until I saw her as the stand-out performer on the Comedy Central roasts for Bruce Willis and Rob Lowe. Her 2016 hour-long special for Comedy Central, Perfect, is super clever…
Just weeks after the beloved local all-ages music venue Cafe Colonial (3520 Stockton Blvd.) hosted its final show, new ownership has stepped in to take over the lease of the building in order to keep the space alive, and they’re familiar faces to the Sacramento music community. Gabi and Ben…
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