Music

One very lucky Sacramento-area concertgoer is about to receive the ultimate gift from Ace of Spades, a popular all-ages music venue in downtown Sacramento. To celebrate their sixth birthday, the venue is running a sweepstakes where the winner will receive a pair of tickets to every show at Ace for…

Most are familiar with the cliché “write what you know,” and while there’s definite truth to that, sometimes it’s best to write what you find, to be open to what can be learned. Singer-songwriter Jessica Malone has spent her musical life doing just that. The Sacramento transplant writes based on…

For a quarter of a century, Noise Pop has been championing independent music and culture in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. The annual music and arts festival returns to the Bay from Feb. 17–27, 2017, providing tens of thousands of fans with 10 days worth of expertly curated…

For those who have been around the Sacramento music scene for a while, the name Mike Sparks Jr. will likely ring a bell. The multi-instrumentalist and songwriter has been involved with a plethora of groups with heavy local ties like Mister Metaphor, Bridges, By Sunlight, An Angle and Doombird, to…

You may not have heard of Sevyn Streeter just yet, but that’s probably going to change soon, and her impending success will be well-earned. The 26-year-old R&B songstress has been putting in work since her childhood years, having graced the stage of New York’s legendary Apollo Theater at the tender…

Anthony Paganelli has been at a monster truck rally all day long with his son. When Submerge catches up with Horseneck’s guitarist/vocalist (affectionately called “Pag”), he’s slightly frazzled by the spectacle of the subculture drawn to such an affair, lamenting the unbroken yelps of a patron directly behind him for…

While sitting at a table inside the dimly lit Backdoor Lounge in Old Sacramento waiting for his bandmates to arrive, Josh Lippi and I reminisced over Sacramento’s late-‘90s music scene. Recalling bands like Luckie Strike and Lesdystics, and venues such as (the old) Capitol Garage and Bojangles brought back great…

EDITOR’S NOTE 8/17/17: PLEASE READ THIS UPDATED ARTICLE! “HOLY DIVE BAR” IS NOW OPENING DOWNTOWN IN THE FORMER STARLITE LOUNGE BUILDING AS “HOLY DIVER!” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE! Sacramento-area concert goers in the 21-and-under crowd will soon have one more option for a night out with the opening of…

At its heart, Black Violin is an ongoing conversation between two consummate performers engaged fully in the language of their instruments while consistently bending the vocabulary. To date, their playful blend of contemporary hip-hop and classical stylings has gained them stage space alongside the likes of Alicia Keys, Aerosmith and…

If you find yourself having deja vu while reading this article, it’s for a good reason: two years ago, the band in this article had a CD release show, in January … at the Fox and Goose. So, no, you’re not just imagining things. The Sacramento mainstay indie folk-rock act…