Just hours before issue No. 113 (June 18 – July 2, 2012) went to press Submerge got word of a mega-huge rock festival coming to Sacramento on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 at Discovery Park. The Aftershock Festival, put on by Monster Energy, 98 Rock and Arms Division Concert Management will…
Community celebrates fine artist Milton 510 Bowens’ 20 years of service to art and education Beatnik Studios on 17th between Broadway and X Street blends harmoniously with Milton 510 Bowens’ latest solo exhibition, Echoes of the Sweetest Sounds. The former is an urban loft-style gallery made of brick that brings…
For one day only, on Saturday, June 23, 2012, downtown Davis will be transformed into a mini SxSW-esque event thanks to the tireless efforts of the organizers of Davis Music Festival. Now in its second year and organized by nonprofit Music Only Makes Sense and Davis Live Music Collective, DMF…
Local reggae/rock group Street Urchinz is celebrating the release of its debut album Dissolve on Friday, June 22, 2012 at Ace of Spades alongside Arden Park Roots, The Holdup, Simple Creation and Element of Soul. “We started two years ago,” says Doug Riggs, rhythm guitar, keys and backup vocals for…
Composer Danny Cocke gets to work on scoring his first feature film and prepares to release a new album of trailer music For some, getting to the cinema early for the trailers is just as important as seeing the feature presentation. Who can blame them? The trailers are often more…
Sexrat teams up with renowned producer Sylvia Massy on forthcoming album, Masters of Obscurity Rock ‘n’ roll is alive and well. It’s heard in the echoes of music from past greats and pulses between the new musicians of today. With seven years to their credit, Zach Goodin, Marc Kallweit and…
Time travel is usually just a good way to riddle a film with plot holes. For evidence see any movie in the Back to the Future trilogy, which is perfect despite its flaws. No matter how intelligent the script may be or how thoroughly its theory of time and time…
Sacramento musician Marc Del Chiaro has been playing around town for 15 years in bands like Leisure, Life of Riley, 7th Standard and others. Most recently he has been gigging with bluegrass group Hot Tar Roofers as well as recording his first solo album, Dreams v. Reality, with Ira Skinner…
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Sparks the Rescue, Namesake, Self Proclaimed, Mercedes Ave The Boardwalk, Orangevale – Saturday, May 19, 2012 Words by Ashley Hassinger Photos by Mike Ibe From pop-punk to alternative, many types of rock filled the Boardwalk in Orangevale on Saturday. With four bands lined up to open for…
Throughout the entire month of June if you order a pint of Ruhstaller at over a dozen participating restaurants and bars around town–for example Bows and Arrows, Pangaea, Red Rabbit, Davis Beer Shoppe, Matteo’s and more–a portion will be donated to Verge Center for the Arts, local nonprofit advocates of…
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