I don’t know about you, but I find it really, really hard to get to know anyone by a single phone call. So, frankly, I hate phone interviews with musicians, and I generally try to avoid them at all costs. Except when it’s Neko Case … How could I say…
This winter’s concert schedule in Sacramento is STACKED! Kick off the season in style at 107.9 The End’s Jingle Ball 2016, presented in partnership with Midnite Events on Friday, Dec. 2 inside the Pavilion at Cal Expo. Headlining will be the chart-topping, hit-making DJ duo known as The Chainsmokers, whose…
More than a decade after the completion of the Human Genome Project, the world’s best minds have only just begun to unravel the DNA of the pop hit. The combination of science, art and psychology required to craft a self-perpetuating earworm is far beyond the reach of most mortals. There is…
The expert party throwers behind the popular Second Saturday summer concert series known as THIS are getting the band back together for an epic New Year’s Eve shindig. The first-ever “Midtown Mountain Get Down” will feature a legit lineup of live bands and DJs including until-now secret headliner Miami Horror…
Longevity in the music scene is difficult to achieve. Weathering the storm of band drama, touring, day jobs, vices, fickle fandom and writer’s block can be a practical superpower. Desario formed in 2004 out of the ashes of the band Holiday Flyer, which included members John Conley and Michael Yoas….
To be perfectly honest, I don’t know anything about David Choe. I tried to read one of his press releases and it didn’t make any sense. It begins as follows: “‘A fart from a child born without a butthole’ , is what MANGCHI sounds like said 1 of the 2…
The fifth annual Monster Energy Aftershock Festival was one for the books! A sold-out crowd of 50,000 attended over two days, making it California’s biggest rock festival. With three stages, 35 bands, dozens of food options, live art, and tens of thousands of dollars raised for local charities, it’s no…
The fifth annual Monster Energy Aftershock Festival was one for the books! A sold-out crowd of 50,000 attended over two days, making it California’s biggest rock festival. With three stages, 35 bands, dozens of food options, live art, and tens of thousands of dollars raised for local charities, it’s no…
Looking to get back into the groove? Hey, this time of year, everyone’s mired in their day-to-day routines, and the holidays (and all the time off they bring) seem as if they’ll never come. Fear not: You’ll be able to take a vacation (for a few hours anyway) at Ideateam’s…
This month, Allyson Seconds will release her second solo album, a collaboration with homegrown songwriter and producer Anton Barbeau, whom she met as a teenager working at the Java City on 18th and Capitol. Barbeau is one of many local musicians with whom Seconds forged a musical bond during her…
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