The term noir is typically used to categorize retro crime films with a black and white visual style. We’re most familiar with the aesthetic of these films, but what entices us are the authentic and grim storylines and how the characters are affected. For pop renegade Noirre, we’re familiar with…
It wasn’t until after I finished watching the Netflix original, Insatiable—all 12 episodes—before I realized that it was the show that pissed off the internet. In fact, NPR reviewed this show and called it “Lazy and dull, but at least it’s insulting,” which appears to be the sentiment heard ‘round…
It’s tough for us to curate each issue of Submerge. These days, there is just so much going on in and around Sacramento that it makes it difficult to pick and choose what we want to write our larger feature stories on. We hate it when cool events and things…
It’s a warm night in Roanoke, Virginia, and a man wearing a ghillie suit is shuffling down the street. His pants, taped around his legs, are bulging and leaking with water, while the trash bag hat he’s wearing is newly inflated with air from the gas station down the street….
The creative energy in Sacramento is surging. From the diversity in the region’s live music scene to the legacy of innovation and creative vitality among its community of visual and performing artists, the feeling of civic pride is palpable. With creative businesses flourishing, creatives are taking hold of Sacramento and…
It’s been five years since Bastille released their debut album, Bad Blood, featuring the hit single “Pompeii,” which propelled them to international indie rock stardom. After all this time, it’s still my go-to shower sing-along jam. I get real into it, too. It’s got pretty much everything I love about…
After almost 25 years of donning their costumes and fighting off evil villains like the Powdered Milk Man, EagleClaw and of course The Sandfleas, The Aquabats are still going strong. Though it has been seven years since their last album, and more than four years since their television show, The…
Greg Baughman points to a copper cylinder that towers high above his head. Through tiny windows in the cylinder, you can see liquids thrashing about and excitedly bubbling. “Something violent but beautiful happens in there,” he says. Baughman is referring to the 160-gallon side-mounted column still that he built himself…
Enjoy some of the best wines that the Sacramento region has to offer with food and wine pioneers Darrell Corti (credited food expert and owner of Corti Brothers) and David Berkley (Corti Brothers’ wine merchant, David Berkley Fine Wines and Specialty Foods). Not only will you get to enjoy tasty…
Regardless of your familiarity with Black Joe Lewis (and his off-and-on band moniker The Honeybears), when his music plays, it commands attention. Whether it’s the beat, the horns, the power of his vocals or the power of the sum of all the parts, the music produced is not to be…
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