Music

Dog Party’s new album cause for extra exclamation points! What do teens and preteens do these days? What are they into? One could guess: Twilight? The Kardashians? Justin Bieber? Maybe. Or maybe that’s just brushing the surface. Local sister duo Lucy and Gwendolyn Giles have been playing in their rock…

Foo Fighters, Cage the Elephant, Mariachi El Bronx Power Balance Pavilion – Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 Twelve red semi trucks lined the northeast corner of the parking lot of Power Balance Pavilion on Tuesday, Nov. 1, offering a glimpse at the amount of gear this monstrous rock tour, featuring one…

Sacramento’s Lonely Kings are underground rock heroes Although they may never have sold a million records, traveled to gigs via private airplane or experienced much else commonly associated with rock stardom, Sacramento-based Lonely Kings have long since established themselves as underground rock legends. They are a “band’s band,” if you…

If you’re not familiar with the artists we chose to perform at our 100th Issue Party on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011 at Ace of Spades, first off, where the hell have you been? Living under a rock? Anywho, if you don’t know who they are, see the vitals below and…

After numerous projects, local musicians find a home in Mondo Deco Sacramento is in the grips of another icy cold night in November. Twenty or so local musicians and music aficionados have escaped the cold, spread around the living room of an apartment talking over each other and wine. This…

If you missed it the first two times, this is your chance to check out Sacto MoFo 3, aka Sacramento’s Mobile Food Festival. Tastes will be provided by both local and San Francisco-based food trucks and stands, including but not limited to: Chando Taco’s, JapaCurry, Wicked ‘wich, Simply Southern Foods…

Local singer-songwriter Sherman Baker recently released his second EP, Panic on Seventeenth, and will celebrate with a show at Luigi’s Fungarden on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Fans of Wilco, Violent Femmes and The Pixies are sure to dig Baker’s nasal-y, folk-meets-punk-rock vibe. With your $5 admission to the show, which…

Kepi Ghoulie gets ready to release his fifth solo album in just four years Most sharks are renown not only for their prowess as predators, but because they never stop moving, even when they’re asleep. They do so in order to keep breathing. Such is the case for local pop-punk…

Local rock band The Bell Boys are made up of three brothers: Erik (guitar/drums/vocals), Elijah (drums/vocals/keys) and Jacob (bass/vocals) Bell. Get it? “It’s a functional, no gimmicks name,” their bio says, and indeed it is. The Bell Boys’ new release, The Jean Hagen EP, is set to drop on Wednesday,…

Y La Bamba’s Luz Elena Mendoza Moves Forward All sound is building. That doesn’t mean music can’t be original, it just means influence is a given. It’s how you interpret that influence that makes something original. Take Y La Bamba, for instance. The sound–self-proclaimed gypsy-pop, press-reputed art folk–embodies a certain…