Element of Soul, A Single Second, Sinister Scene, Adam Roth, Verbatim Friday, July 18, 2011 – Shenanigans, Sacramento Words & Photos Mike Saechao Walking into Shenanigans, my eyes fixated on the plasma screen-filled, pool table-planted sports bar. I scoped around to prep myself for a night of rock ‘n’ roll…
Ganglians release a new double LP, Still Living Forget rolling joints or slamming pills. Pop on a pair of headphones, shut your eyes and listen a while, and within minutes you are high as a kite. Meth huff? Easy. Coke snoot? No problem, just queue the track on your laptop….
Kill the Precedent load up with a new EP Industrial metal might conjure images of military-like precision with perhaps a totalitarian-style frontman at its controls. Kill the Precedent certainly evokes those images with their music. Thundering beats–both live and electronic–blast behind thrashing riffs and the two-pronged vocal attack of Twig…
David Mohr expands his musical horizons with Favors The breakup of Sacramento’s 20,000 was a complicated one. The group had an electro-Sonny and Cher thing going on, until it imploded at a fateful summer night’s show. David Mohr, one half of 20,000, was Cher in this scenario, in that it…
Left and Loose in the Lot is a hilarious locally produced comedy about two stoner security guards who witness a murder while working the night shift at a parking garage, which throws a serious damper on their night that just seems to go from bad to worse. Starring local talent…
The second annual Sacramento Tomato Fest is taking place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Town & Country Village (Marconi & Fulton in Sacramento) on Saturday, July 30, 2011. Local restaurant chefs will compete in three categories: Best Salsa, Best Bruschetta and Best Tomato Soup (hot or cold)….
Forever Goldrush’s Amador Frequency finally gets the release it deserves A phone call with a record label was all it took to breathe life back into a local band that has been indefinitely on hold for the past nine years. If you were around Sacramento during the late ‘90s, you…
With over 120 beers to choose from and delicious food to boot, it’s well worth the drive out to the brand new Yard House at The Fountains in Roseville. Our favorite thing about this spot is their half-yard glasses, because, well, we like beer. A lot of it. All at…
Billy Howerdel reunites A Perfect Circle for their first full North American tour in years It may be a bit melodramatic to call Billy Howerdel a rags to riches story, but the guitarist and primary songwriter for A Perfect Circle, and more recently frontman for Ashes Divide, has certainly led…
On Tuesday, July 19, Ace of Spades will host the 2011 Sacramento stop of the Scream It Like You Mean It tour, featuring headliners Breathe Carolina, a Denver-based genre-crashing electronic/rock/pop/screamo duo. Chiodos, I See Stars, Modsun, The Air I Breathe, The Color Morale and Sierra Skyline are also on the…
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