On Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, local guitarist Ross Hammond will play a 12-hour concert at Luna’s Cafe as an effort to raise money for the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services. In what has got to be one of the most charitable and selfless acts by a local musician in…
Not everyone gets to live their dream, let alone even name what that dream might be. This was never the case for Daniel Armbruster. From an early age, the Rochester, New York, native knew exactly what he was after: music. Armbruster fronts the pop-rock band Joywave, a five-piece comprised of…
Another noteworthy addition to Sacramento’s music scene makes its mark with an upcoming album drop. Dahlia Fiend’s Beautiful People in Ugly Places is haunting while it pounds with a driving beat, and could be described as the love child of Depeche Mode and the Violent Femmes. It is as dark…
It’s been a rough summer for fans of rock music. In May, Chris Cornell, an iconic rock vocalist most associated with the bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, tragically took his own life. And just last month, in July, Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington also sadly took his own life. The two…
Some buildings just can’t keep quiet. Only a few weeks after it was announced that the downtown Sacramento music venue Starlite Lounge was closing (more on that here), we’re already getting word that the building will once again host live music in the not-so-distant future with a new name and…
Jon Pardi has been touring pretty much nonstop since well before his first album dropped in 2014. He was in Delaware when I caught up with him by phone in mid-July, about to headline two shows during a short break in his tour in support of Dierks Bentley. “We never…
It’s always sad to say goodbye, but music is a good way to smooth over any rough feelings. Union Hearts’ drummer Patrick Shelley is moving all the way across the country to Boston, and as a result, Union Hearts will be playing one final show at Cafe Colonial (3520 Stockton…
Pop music gets all the attention, but rarely the credit it deserves as a powerhouse of infinitely mutable creative potential. Unlike more ostensibly sophisticated genres, it can’t be pinned down to any one palette of instrumentation, and even if it periodically backs itself into a corner of rote vapidity and…
When Butterscotch plopped down in my dining room, I noticed she was wearing a Tupac shirt, which shot me back to the ‘90s, when everyone was like, “Keep it real.” Remember that? No? That’s because you’re 12-years-old. Well, let me tell you a little something about the old days: They…
One of the biggest names in electronic music recently announced they will bring their latest world tour to Sacramento on Halloween night. Seattle-based duo ODESZA, known for creating atmospheric electronic pop music while incorporating live instrumentation into their performances, are no strangers to playing in front of massive crowds: They…
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