Music

Phantogram utilizes greater collaboration for a more mature sound on their new album, Voices Last Submerge spoke to Josh Carter, one half of Saratoga Springs, N.Y.’s Phantogram, he was making some major moves. Not only was he getting ready to get to work on a new Phantogram full-length, he was…

Radio personality and major supporter of local music Andy Hawk has moved his popular Local Licks Live Music Series from Wednesday nights at Powerhouse in Folsom to every other Saturday at Rounders Sports Bar and Grill in Citrus Heights (7433 Greenback Lane). The format of the show has changed a…

I know we might write about Kevin Seconds a lot here in Submerge, but you won’t find us apologizing for it any time soon, the dude is a freakin’ legend who just keeps on churning out inspiring music! Speaking of, Seconds’ newest solo album Off Stockton is releasing on Feb….

The Old Screen Door is a super talented local “Rock N’ Soul” band that’s been working hard and paying their dues since they first emerged on the scene in 2011. They’ve earned themselves some huge gigs like opening for The Mother Hips during last year’s Concerts in the Park series,…

The Lego Movie Rated PG {4 out of 5 stars} I played with Legos. Didn’t you? Asked for and got them on birthdays and Christmas; bought them with allowance money; raided them at latchkey when I was in second grade at Silverwood Elementary. You might say Legos were a formative…

Katie Haley and Ross Levine of Soft Science have seen a lot of flux in the Sacramento music scene, but both are here to stay Once upon a time in the early ‘90s, Ross Levine and Katie Haley were two record store clerks at The Beat, where they bonded over…

The Devil Makes Three teams up with a country music legend to create their darkest album to date If The Devil Makes Three was playing music 80 years ago, they would likely be playing saloons with maroon interiors and raucous patrons. Pete Bernhard, Lucia Turino and Cooper McBean emerged as…

Adrian Bourgeois proves the album is an art form worth saving with his latest release, Pop/Art The digital music revolution, with its emphasis on EPs and singles, has set into motion the extinction of the traditional long-form album, but local singer/songwriter Adrian Bourgeois says not so fast. On Feb. 4,…

The Kennedy Veil doesn’t sacrifice vitality for technicality The Kennedy Veil is Sacramento’s personal pathway to all the aggression, intricacies and power death metal offers its listeners. Since 2009, the guys supported longtime metal and death grind acts like Cattle Decapitation, Macabre and Origin. Now, the band prepares for its…

The Flaming Lips’ Steven Drozd on Longevity, Acting and Terror Photo by J. Michelle Martin Coyne Do you realize that The Flaming Lips have been playing their brand of psychedelic rock for 30 years? That’s no small feat for a kooky band from Oklahoma City that’s thriving in a business…