Music

Sacramento post-punk/darkwave group Creux Lies are gearing up for a busy 2018. Their debut full-length album was recently completed at the esteemed Earth Tone Studios with Patrick Hills, who has had his hands on many of the best recordings to come out of Sacramento in recent years (including his own…

“When you down they criticize ya, when you up they wanna ride I’m just tryna keep it moving, been stuck so many times” – “Love you Back,” Humble Beginnings OMB Peezy moved from Mobile, Alabama, to Sacramento at the age of 12. At 20, he is already being dubbed by…

A new year is upon us, which means it’s time for all of us to set a bunch of lofty New Year’s resolutions like “exercise more,” or “eat healthier” or “start saving money.” While all of those are great goals to set (and I would argue stuff that we should…

End the first month of the year with a bang (and with bangers) and join Tyler, the Creator, Vince Staples and Taco Bennett (of Odd Future) on the winter run of Tyler’s North American Tour. Tyler’s Grammy-nominated Flower Boy and Staples’ Big Fish Theory provided some of the best lyricism…

We’re inside the Golden 1 Center, downtown Sacramento’s gargantuan postmodern beacon designed for tempting the titans of celebrity down from the mothership to pull an earthly audience into a liminal space of awe and forced perspective—somewhere between a circus maximus and a Seaworld for celebrity encounters. It takes a particularly…

The dim nightclub is thumping with the wild sounds of the most swingin’ jazz band in town. The crowd is rhythmically flailing to the music—possibly fueled by a number of cocktails. Everyone in sight is dressed to the nines in their slender suits and tight cocktail dresses. This might sound…

1) Guitar virtuoso Buckethead is bringing his innovative shredding skills to Ace of Spades. He’s known for, among many other odd things, incorporating nunchuck skills into his set. Need we say more? Tickets are $30 in advance, available at Aceofspadessac.com. All ages welcome, doors open at 8:30 p.m. 2) The…

When listening to Death Party at the Beach’s eponymous first EP, it’s hard to believe the band was actually a one-man project during the time of its recording. Lance Derouin played in bands in Sacramento and San Diego before he realized he wanted more creative control of his music. That’s…

Sure, you may be thinking of Dec. 30 as a day of rest before you party balls on New Year’s Eve. However, resistance never takes a day off, and neither should you! Head down to Blue Lamp on NYEE for an awesome hip-hop show that just happens to be for…

For most of us, our names are something personal, something representative of our identities. For musicians, names can mean a whole different thing. A name can suddenly become a team, or at the very least, a co-writer; Bernie Taupin and Elton John both serving as Elton John, for instance. Such…