Music

When it comes to the soundtracks of our lives, few things scream pop-punk as much as our teen years—or at least that’s how new local punk collaboration Lousy Advice sees it. Formed by Shelby Murray and Eric La Febre of Sad Girlz Club, and Jacob DeSersa of Lightweight, Lousy Advice…

Monday through Friday, Shane Quidachay, better known as Shane Q, gets up early in the morning, starts his day with a cup of coffee and drives a minivan for the Sacramento organization, United Cerebral Palsy, where he has worked for the last six years. This has been an average weekday…

People who assumed that the fire and flash of early career hits like “Kerosene” and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” described the extent of Miranda Lambert’s musical persona have been wrong-footed time and again in the ensuing years. Her rightly earned celebrity has continued to grow in the past decade on the strength…

Before industrial music claimed a mass youth audience in the ‘90s, thanks in part to the danceable brutalism of Nine Inch Nails and the parent-scaring theatricality of Marilyn Manson, it belonged to a much larger, less-publicized musical underground, just one untamed species among others as disparate as hardcore punk and…

Occasionally, I get a chance to write about a band I’ve gotten to know personally in Sacramento’s punk scene. In writing up those interviews, I tend to quell my excitement and make a point to stay out of their narrative. But with Pisscat—a three-piece punk band from Sacramento whose new…

Are you a fan of electronic music or simply want to rack-up some new skills on a new instrument? Look no further, the Library of MusicLandria (2181 Sixth Ave.) is hosting an introductory class on the basic functions of synthesizers on Feb. 29, which will be taught by Dumbledog, a…

Jam out at this indie rock winter concert hosted by the ASUCD Entertainment Council at the Mondavi Center’s Jackson Hall located at UC Davis, where Brooklyn-based Beach Fossils will be performing with support from Urbanation (Bianca Ocampo) a Bay Area multi-instrument artist who will be accompanied on stage by guitarist…

Local reggae/rock band Riotmaker is set to release their new EP Between Love and Light this Saturday, Feb. 15 at PowerHouse Pub (614 Sutter St., Ste. D, Folsom) alongside fellow locals Arden Park Roots. The EP features guest spots from Tyler Campbell of Arden Park Roots and Bles Bundy from…

I hopped out of my friend’s car in a hurry, just in time for an interview with Sacramento’s very own Nate Curry. I quickly recognized the 26-year-old singer, songwriter, rapper and producer strutting down the street by his colorful attire and full facial hair, true to the man himself: yellow…

With both Holy Diver and The Press Club holding periodic emo nights, it’s never been a better time to be a guy in Sacramento who’s still listening to American Football. Stop by Harlow’s Starlet Room (2708 J St.) on Thursday, Feb. 13 to catch The Honest, one of the brightest…