Holding the Keys to Success Numerous bands have nearly the same blueprint for how they began. Typically, a group of friends either scrape up enough money or have parents nice enough to purchase them their first music equipment. Countless hours are then spent learning instruments and honing a craft and…
One thing that’s for certain about Sacramento’s music scene is that when something unfortunate happens to one of its own, the community bands together in a strong way to help out. Such is the case for the three local musicians who were the victims of a recent stabbing in Midtown….
It’s safe to say that with her fourth full-length album, Abyss, set to be released August 7, 2015, on Sargent House, ex-Sacramentan Chelsea Wolfe has reached a whole new level in her already impressive career. Having always been known for her dark, hypnotizing sound and aesthetic, Abyss is easily Wolfe’s…
Combine the illusion of surfing with the ride of snowboarding and the tricks of skateboarding, add in moving water that’s flowing at you at 30 mph, and you’ve got Flowboarding! Surf Xtreme in Elk Grove houses the only indoor “Double Flowrider” in Northern California. On this automated surf simulator you…
Psyched Up! The Center for the Arts in Grass Valley is producing the 19th annual California World Fest this year and the lineup is better than ever. From Beats Antique to Lucinda Williams to Richard Thompson, it would seem there is no shortage of talent. As luck would have it,…
Deep-fried foods, horse racing, animal exhibits, carnival rides, wine and beer gardens … Yup! The California State Fair is right around the corner, running from July 10 to 26 at Cal Expo, bringing with it a plethora of not only the aforementioned things, but plenty of awesome live entertainment too….
Do you like fishing? Do you love beating the heat by snuggling up to the water? Do you love Mother Earth? Then come to the trashiest fish-off Sacramento has yet to see. Broadway Bait, Rod and Gun and the Sacramento River Clean Up are teaming together to throw “Fish-On! Trash-Off!,”…
A full three years after the release of her acclaimed sophomore album Orangefarben, one of the finest musicians to break out of Sacramento in recent years, Julie Ann Baenziger, AKA Sea of Bees, has finally released the highly anticipated follow up, a 10-track offering called Build A Boat to the…
Summer Space Camp I had no idea what the hell ‘Ghostplay’ means so I’ll admit—just like with a lot of text acronyms that I can’t interpret—I looked it up on Urban Dictionary so I wouldn’t have to ask when I interviewed the local band using said moniker. Apparently it’s when…
Chaos Theory You never realize how much you don’t like loud motorcycles until you are trying to listen to a recording of an interview you did through a phone speaker. You may find yourself resenting the fact that people need to drive vehicles that are so unnecessarily loud. Prior to…
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