**EDITOR’S UPDATE: Not long after this article was published, the organizers of First Festival changed the event from free to ticketed! General admission is just $15 ahead of time, or $20 at the gate. Visit First Festival’s website to purchase tickets!** When it comes to music festivals in Sacramento, you’ve…
Ever since they opened up shop in late 2014 in East Sacramento, White Buffalo Gallery has been straight up killing it with their monthly art exhibits. The front half of the space serves as the hip and clean art gallery, and the back half, separated by a perfectly designed partition…
Xochitl Charms Fans from the East Coast to the West After finishing the night’s performance, 21-year-old singer/songwriter Xochitl (pronounced “so-chee”) Hermosillo and the other performers had nowhere to stay. It was a cold night in Rhode Island, and the native California girl was in the midst of her first real…
Presented by the Sacramento Steampunk Society, the Third Annual Steampunk Emporium and Bazaar is all set for Saturday, Feb. 21 at Great Escape Games (1250 Howe Avenue, Suite 3A). Although “steampunk” is the general theme of this swap meet, shoppers can find anything of a handmade, artsy, creative, vintage, antique,…
Robin Bacior’s musical migration takes her from west to east and back again When Robin Bacior made the decision to move from New York to Portland, she considered leaving her life as a musician in the rearview mirror when she left. The now-28-year-old singer-songwriter had spent the previous four years…
It’s been a long road, but Riotmaker’s Jeffry Valerio has put his demons in the rearview mirror While some local bands seem to have everything handed to them on a silver platter, perseverance and endurance has helped Jeffry Valerio, frontman for Riotmaker, get through the hardest of times. The once…
When Dean Haakenson of local indie/folk/rock outfit Be Brave Bold Robot hit us up to inform us that they had made an “eclectic, weird new album” called Press E to Continue (the name devised by the top donor on the album’s Kickstarter campaign) and that it has a “couple rap…
Have you ever watched the Sacred City Derby Girls in action and thought to yourself, “I can do that.” Well, now’s your chance to back it up. Open tryouts for Sacred City will take place on Feb. 1, 2015, but you’ll definitely want to warm up first. Luckily for you,…
If you’re heading to The City by the Bay any time between Feb. 20 and March 1, 2015, chances are you’ll encounter some of the radness that is Noise Pop! Easily one of the best festivals on the West Coast, Noise Pop throws amazing events all around San Francisco for…
Humble Wolf amp up the riffage on their forthcoming album, Black and White If you see some of the latest band photos of Humble Wolf, you might be slightly intimidated. They’re all wearing sunglasses and have immaculate rock ‘n’ roll hair. But it’s not long before bassist David Albertson humbly…
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