San Francisco’s Geographer finds inspiration in unlikely places After taking a jog around Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Mike Deni spotted something on the sidewalk that caught his eye. It was a unique looking synthesizer that was “basically a child’s toy” that sat in the middle of the sidewalk…
Last week marked the opening of the 2012 Concerts in the Park series, and the newly renovated Cesar Chavez Park hosted over 6,300 people, a record breaking crowd for the Friday night series says Play Big Sacramento’s Andy Hawk. “Three years ago Mumbo Gumbo did around 6,100 and that was…
By the time you read this, hometown heroes Deftones will be working on their seventh full-length studio album, a follow up to 2010’s Diamond Eyes. While on tour with his new band Crosses, frontman Chino Moreno recently told Chilean website http://latercera.com/ in an interview that Deftones had finished writing and…
Sacramento Electronic Music Festival 2012 Day 1: Thursday, May 3, 2012 Friday, May 4 was the official Northern California monthly installment for the alt-electronica club night Low End Theory in San Francisco, but an unofficial preview tested the booming systems of Harlow’s on Thursday, May 3 for the opening of…
“Five years! Wow. I can’t believe it,” says Ross Hammond, local guitar player and primary organizer of In the Flow Festival, which celebrates its fifth birthday from May 9—14, 2012 at various venues around town. “It’s really a good feeling that we’ve managed to get this far,” he said of…
A constant collaborator, indie rapper Murs remains strongly individual Los Angeles rapper Murs never sought to be different as an angle or platform to get his music heard. His moniker is an acronym that translates to Making Underground Raw Shit or Making the Universe Recognize and Submit. Now in his…
Sacramento indie-pop sensations Baby Grand recently released their fourth album entitled Arts & Leisure on local label Test Pattern Records and after 10 years as a group, it will be their last. Not to worry though, three of the members of Baby Grand (Cory Vick, Gerri White and Tim White)…
Sol Peligro’s Sam Peligroso puts forth a solo EP The frontman of Sacramento’s most renowned Latin bands wasn’t planning on making a solo rap album, but it just sort of happened. Age 40 seemed like as good of a time as ever to do it, says Sam Peligroso, the frontman…
Childish Gambino, Danny Brown Ace of Spades, Sacramento – Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Childish Gambino’s Camp Gambino Tour sold out Ace of Spades months in advance. The line to get in stretched the length of the R Street block and wrapped down 14th, halfway to S Street. Inside it was…
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in historic Old Sacramento this year where there are 12 bars all within two blocks of each other participating in a wild “Cinco de Old Sacto” party. Live music, DJs and dancing, stand-up comedy, great Mexican food and yup, you guessed it, plenty of margaritas and…
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