Get ready for a big fucking treat: Gazebos, a rad, genre-bending band from Seattle, touting themselves as “whoa-pop” (prog-punk could also be used) are coming to Blue Lamp on Jan. 17, 2017, with fellow Seattleites Boyfriends. Visiting Sacramento on their tour to promote their highly-acclaimed album on Hardly Art Records,…
The arc of the hero’s journey often has a foundation in real life. A call to adventure interrupts the proceedings of everyday existence, and we are launched into new changes, conflicts or creative undertakings that define the road ahead, marking us as entirely new individuals by journey’s end. Local rapper-turned-novelist…
For someone with even a passive love for music, Larry Rodriguez (aka DJ Larry or The Flower Vato) can be a pretty intimidating figure. Not only has he been making Sacramentans sweat for 20 years with his wildly popular Dance Party at the Press Club on Sundays (affectionately called “Church”…
Many congratulations are in order for electronic musician Scott Hansen, also known as Tycho, whose incredible 2016 release, Epoch, was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Dance/Electronic Album category. Although Tycho is now based in San Francisco, Hansen has very strong Sacramento ties. He was born here and for…
A local music festival featuring dozens of regional bands will return to its roots at River Walk Park in West Sacramento in 2017. First Festival, whose successful inaugural event was held in 2015, suffered from a poor turnout in 2016 when the event moved across the bridge from River Walk…
With the holiday season in full swing, music lovers got a much-needed break from crowded shopping malls and those pesky, unwelcomed guests known as stress and depression, on Dec. 8, 2016, when some of the hottest acts in the national and international music scene landed on the Golden 1 Center…
For the last handful of years, Sacramento-based Alarms have experienced a whirlwind of activity. Comprised of members Gus Snyder (guitar), Adam Smith (bass), Andy Laughlin (guitar), Jack “Joey” Hill (vocals) and Topher Snyder (drums), the band has encountered a revolving door of lineup changes and even a breakup prior to…
Deep Pools’ new album, See You in the Morning Light, is a true labor of love. “In 2012, I … set out to make an album that would capture the feeling of shimmering clarity that I experienced through the loss of my dad to stomach cancer,” Scott Ferreter, who writes…
One of the most important arts organizations in the community, Sol Collective, is in the midst of a massive campaign to raise funds to purchase the building they’re currently renting, which recently went up for sale. When word recently got out that they might have to move, Sol’s many supporters…
Capital Cities’ catchy pop hits seemingly came flying out of the sonic woodwork. The Los Angeles pop duo Sebu Simonian and Ryan Merchant’s very first single, “Safe and Sound,” hit number one on Billboard’s U.S. Alternative Songs chart, landed in a Mazda commercial, and got them signed to major label…
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