Music

Grab a couple of beach vibes, sharp Vampire Weekend influences, and the sounds of Beach House’s chilled-out persona, and you’re halfway to understanding the coolness of Cayucas. Forming in Santa Monica in mid-2012, Cayucas embodies what would ideally be played at a really awesome summer BBQ featuring amazing ribs and…

Sacramento hardcore/metal band Havenside is readying the release of their fourth album, Living Our Darkest Days. This one comes via the small New York-based Innerstrength Records. The twelve-track album will officially release on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, but you can pre-order all sorts of different bundles of merch right now…

Darling Chemicalia Releases Album Number Three, Spun in White The word “evolution” implies not just adaptation to a changing environment, but also alludes to the increasing complexity of an organism. Local band Darling Chemicalia has been a fixture of the Sacramento live music scene for several years now, and they’ve…

Big Business on Post-Label Life and Battlefields Forever When I catch up with Big Business guitarist Scott Martin, he’s exiting a restaurant somewhere between Dallas and Nashville, a little frazzled from an evening prior when he and his Los Angeles-based band mates played a gig at the Gas Monkey Bar…

It’s that time again, folks! The 2014 Concerts in the Park lineup has been revealed and we’re here to tell you that you’re in for one helluva fun concert series. Block off your Fridays from May 2 to July 25, and we’ll see you in the beer line at Cesar…

Looks in the Crowd at Sacramento Fashion Week 2014 New York. London. Paris. Sacramento? From Feb. 16 to 22, 2014, the fashion set descended upon our fair city with a week-long celebration that included parties, catwalks and fashion. Since 2006, Sacramento Fashion Week has aspired to challenge the notion that…

By the time you read this, Roseville reggae/rock group Simple Creation’s newest album, Just Another Pirate, will be out on iTunes and the four boys, brothers Travis Olmos (drums/vocals) and Zach Olmos (guitar/vocals), Alex Giranis (bass) and Joey Steeb (keys), are going on an all-out tear with well over 15…

(waning) taps into Northern California folklore on their latest album The Funeral Mountains A canopy of branches and leaves rustle softly; they whisper, almost in cadence, with the squeaks and chirps of Mother Nature’s most cherished creatures. Beyond these sounds, found deep within the sacred forest of the eastern Sierra…

Local punk bands The Croissants and The Strange Party are celebrating joint release parties on Friday, Feb. 28 at Luigi’s. The Croissants are dropping a new 7-inch on the small DIY punk label Hella Mad Records and The Strange Party are releasing a new cassette tape on another small awesome…

Gather your crew, fill up the gas tank and get your ass down to Noise Pop in San Francisco! It’s a 22-year-old, week-long, citywide celebration of all things indie and all things creative, and it’s worth the trip. This year, Noise Pop goes down from Feb. 25 to March 2,…