Music

Soul/rock group The Staxx Brothers return to Sacramento and this time they’re performing with local funk band Phat Butta Jam. On Friday, June 14, Marilyn’s on K will witness the band’s coined “hard ass soul” music, a mixture of funk, soul and hip-hop. The Seattle-based band’s latest album Jungle Cat…

If Sacramento’s City of Vain looks like they’re having the times of their lives, that’s because they are Words by Danny Secretion • Photos by Nicholas Wray At the risk of sounding like one of those guys who hasn’t been to a local show since 1989, regales in days of…

!!!, all about the groove since 1996 Long-distance relationships are rarely successful. Dance-punk band !!! (Chk Chk Chk), whose six members are spread out between Sacramento; Brooklyn, N.Y.; and Pittsburgh, Penn., have somehow figured it out. When you share a passion for something as strongly as these gentlemen do, you…

Tyler, the Creator w/ Earl Sweatshirt Ace of Spades, Sacramento • Friday, May 17, 2013 I know I’m supposed to be writing about the Tyler, the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt show at Ace of Spades, but I really just want to talk about race and gender relations in America, so…

Sacramento folk singer Jenn Rogar plays music with a message It quickly became clear that Jenn Rogar is much more than just a singer performing folk music as a hobby. She is an artist actively trying to change the world and just happens to be a talented singer and songwriter…

Local post-punk/hardcore band Number Station may be relatively new to the scene, but as the saying goes, this isn’t their first rodeo. Vocalist Ean Clevenger, formerly of Northern California hardcore punk band Pipedown, who were signed to A-F Records (Anti Flag’s label) and toured/played with bands like AFI, Thrice and…

Tera Melos may be the band least likely to succeed, but their latest album X’ed Out shows that their ceiling is extremely high A band like Tera Melos may be stuck in a love it or hate it situation with most casual rock music fans. Their spastic brand of indie…

What went into Mia Dyson’s newest album, and how it feels to finally be present The future is bright. Or at least we all hope it is, so we tend to put a lot of pressure on it and think about it. A lot. One could even say we look…

Longtime Sacramento musician turned Austin, Texas, resident Natalie Ribbons (of the band Agent Ribbons) is bringing her brand-new group Tele Novella through town on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 to Bows and Arrows. Ribbons debuted the four-piece band at this year’s South by Southwest music festival to rave reviews, and they…

One of Sacramento’s most beloved bands Dog Party recently announced that they signed with Bay Area indie label Asian Man Records. The pop-punk duo, comprised of sisters Lucy (drums/vocals) and Gwendolyn Giles (guitar/vocals), who are just 14 and 17 years old, will release a full-length album this summer called Lost…