Music

The block in front of the MARRS Building (1050 20th Street) has seen a lot of action this year: Launch Festival’s block party was a huge hit and the Second Saturday series THIS was amazing as well. Up next is Midtown Arts Festival on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, with this…

Halloween can be surprisingly overwhelming. With so many things to do, where exactly do you fit in? We have a solution to your existential celebration struggles. Courtesy of Fun Monkey Entertainment, the 10th Annual Halloween Hootennanny Festival has returned to Old Ironsides with an even more impressive lineup than the…

Local jam band extraordinaire ZuhG is taking their annual music festival on the road this year. ZuhGFest 2013 will go down from Oct. 18 – 20, 2013 along the scenic North Yuba River, right next to a little town called Downieville, Calif. off Highway 49 at the Sierra Shangri-La Resort….

Eli and the Sound Cult works within established tropes to push the possibilities of pop music If you think that the modern universe of pop music is composed of a homogeneous parade of sexed-up, music-industry drones, you’re probably not alone. Like an army of tongue-wagging, good-girls-gone-bad, some artists seem intent…

Conducting from the Grave Exhumed from Label Nightmare, Set to Self-Release LP For Jeff Morgan and the assembled members of Sacramento metal crew Conducting from the Grave, the last few years have been transitional to say the least. On the heels of a veritable meltdown with the record label that…

The Virgin’s Guide to NorCal NoiseFest 2013 Written by a NoiseFest Virgin For the 17th year in a row, Sacramento is hosting NorCal NoiseFest. One of the oldest and most established “noise” festivals out there, it is a yearly gathering of performing artists from around the country who base their…

Sacramento post-hardcore band Merchants are releasing their debut six-track EP titled My Anchor, My Burden on Sept. 24, 2013. Considering they are a relatively new band, Merchants has generated a lot of steam. They formed in the summer of 2012 and released their first single, “Time Will Kill Us All,”…

Zero Progress: hated but not forgotten I went to see this Mexican hardcore band from Los Angeles called Rotting Out at Rock Band University (possibly the stupidest name for a venue ever) in Davis, and I was immediately surprised how hardcore shows hadn’t really changed much since their heyday in…

Where do we begin describing Irishpalooza? If you were one of the many guests last year, we’re sure you’ve been counting down the days until its return. Once more, Marilyn’s on K will be proudly hosting this year’s event, which is sure to be just as successful as the last….

Home to countless local bands, Sacramento Rehearsal Studios is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a giant family-friendly event on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013 featuring live music, free food and drinks, a hot rod car show, fire dancers, a bounce house for the kids and much more. The event will take…