Dead Winter Carpenters show persistence and touring pays off With any musician’s path, the road is always subjective. These days, more and more musicians holding down day jobs or stretched too thin with the multi-tasking whirlwind of DIY music are turning to the Internet and its boundless connections to gain…
Sacramento’s Incredible Me Take It To the Next Level Being that it’s still only 2013, calling your debut record Est. 2012 could be construed as hubris, especially from a band with a name like Incredible Me; especially if you’re a band named Incredible Me who signed a record deal before…
Sacramento drummer Casey Lewis, AKA INKDUP, is both out of his mind and extremely generous, as evidenced by his upcoming 24-hour drum-a-thon challenge to raise awareness of Osteosarcoma (a form of bone cancer) and to assist with medical bills for his 15-year-old niece, Harley Jean Davis, who is undergoing chemotherapy…
Charting the Meteoric Rise of Sacramento’s LAUNCH Festival When the Canadian duo Chromeo unleashed their brand of electronica-imbued funk on the masses at Cesar Chavez Plaza last year, it was like a shockwave of electrofunk energy surged through the crowd, sending thousands into a music-induced trance as the hoard heaved…
We’ve hinted at it before, so we’ll just come out and say it: the Torch Club is one of the most important venues in town. Even though they might not get as much hype as other larger clubs in the region, week in and week out, Torch hosts some amazing…
Cults emphasizes live performance and studio production on their upcoming album, Static When you break onto the scene as seemingly out-of-nowhere as New York-based indie rock duo Cults did (on the strength of their lauded, self-titled album, released in 2011), you’re bound to garner some attention—wanted and unwanted. Native San…
La Noche Oskura Give Ska Punk Latin Flavor La Noche Oskura is a Sacramento-area quintet who got their start in 2008 practicing in a garage in Elk Grove. The current lineup (Nando Estrada, lead vocals; Ivan Rodriguez, guitar; Jesse Rodriguez, bass; Paul Martinez, drums; Domenic Dalpez, baritone saxophone; and Justin…
Sacramento lyricists Hennessy and Sol each have their own long history in the rap game. Each began making music more than 10 years ago and have released multiple albums and appeared on many other projects. Just this year, however, the two linked up to form The Beatknocks and are readying…
Local rock duo and longtime Submerge favorites PETS are celebrating 10 years as a band on Aug. 31, 2013 at Bows and Arrows. The married couple behind all the fuzzed-out catchy indie-rock, Allison Jones and Derek Fieth, are probably one of the coolest couples in town. Seriously, Submerge sees them…
2 Chainz gets ready for a little “Me Time” on his latest album Words by Andrew Bell It turns out that when 2 Chainz says he’s different in his hit song, aptly titled “I’m Different,” he wasn’t lying. Far from a conscious rapper, 2 Chainz has become the face of…
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