Music

Reggae in the Hills is a three-day music festival going down from June 13 to 15, 2014, at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds in Angels Camp, California. No need to worry about lodging, the event features free parking and free camping to festival-goers! The accessible ticket price of $110 grants access…

YG, DJ Mustard Ace of Spades, Sacramento • Tuesday, May 20, 2014 If the name YG doesn’t perfectly ring a bell and summon the image of a tall, skinny completely-tatted-from-the-torso-up MC from Compton, California, I don’t really blame you. Unless you’re a regular hip-hop head or a longtime fan, it…

Sacramento MC Mr. P Chill sure knows how to churn ‘em out. The road-tested veteran is dropping his 10th album, Persistence, on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, through his own label, MPC Recording Company. He’s throwing a local album release show at Witch Room on Thursday, June 5, 2014, that will…

DLRN Release the first half of Neon Noir Shit is about to get weird, folks—Fear and Loathing is about to descend upon Sacramento with a sonic boom reminiscent of the drug-induced adventures shared by a famed Gonzo journalist and his faithful companion. No, Hunter S. Thompson hasn’t canceled his self-imposed…

In our last issue of Submerge we featured Sacramento-based progressive/post-hardcore group A Lot Like Birds’ vocalist Kurt Travis and his new solo album. Now another member of the group, guitarist/songwriter Michael Franzino, is branching out and planning a solo project of his own, only this one has an interesting and…

Any Radiohead fans out there? If so, would you like to see, hear and experience a bunch of Radiohead classics in a live environment without having to pay, like, $87 for a ticket and without having to drive to the Bay Area and back? You’re in luck! A huge group…

Sacramento’s Life in 24 Frames On Lineup Changes, Stylistic Expansions and the Way Ahead The latest album from Life in 24 Frames, Bitter End, is a step through a mirror-still lake into a world of powerful beauty and contemplation, intimate yet expansive and bittersweet, like an overcast sky interrupted by…

Hardcore punk band Trash Talk, who still rep Sacramento as their hometown despite currently being located in Los Angeles, are releasing a new full-length album called No Peace on May 27, 2014. Known for their circle-pit-inducing, high-energy, often bloody live shows, Trash Talk does shit their own way and they…

San Francisco’s Con Brio Brings the Funk to Third Annual Torch Fest San Francisco soul brothers Con Brio reignite the classic sounds of the ’50s and ’60s with two new singles, “Temptations Talkin’” and “California Cowboy,” set for release this fall on a yet-to-be titled EP through Burning House records….

For the past 20 years, he has been known as Crazy Ballhead, a well-respected hip-hop artist, writer, producer and proud member of the SAMMIES Hall of Fame. Today, he has evolved into Mr. Hooper and will soon be releasing his birth-cry. The Poet Go will be hosting a dual-celebration party…