Film

Luigi’s Slice, a hip pizza joint in the MARRS Building that for years has also acted as one of Sacramento’s few all-ages music venues, has been sold to the owners of Azul Mexican Food and Tequila Bar, located just steps from Luigi’s in the same building. The space will close…

Hometown reggae/rock favorites Arden Park Roots are readying the release of their fourth full-length album titled Burning the Midnight Oil. The new album is 12 tracks total and was recorded and engineered by Joe Johnston at Pus Cavern Studios over the course of three months. Besides featuring guests Andre Fylling…

It’s no secret: EDM (electronic dance music) has taken over American culture within the last two years. The acquisition was inevitable; EDM has consumed the European music scene for almost 30 years now; the United States was just a little late to join the party. The antagonists of anything-electronica typically…

Local singer/songwriter Christopher Fairman has a new project called Le Kelton that we here at Submerge are pretty excited about, and they are releasing their new album Saint on April 19, 2014 at Witch Room. Fairman started working on the album four years ago at Moon Studios with David Houston,…

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Rated PG-13 {1 / 5 stars} Thursday night’s premier of Captain America: The Winter Soldier started out as something of a learning experience for yours truly. Opening the doors to the ticket lobby, I observed the surroundings and asked myself the following: “Why are there…

BANFF Mountain Film Festival comes to Davis A red dot of a human is dropped off by helicopter at the top of a mountain. The dot then flies at an almost perfectly vertical angle down the side of the mountain on two skis, propelling over cliffs and leaving clouds of…

On Sunday, April 6, 2014, Chef Patrick Mulvaney will be teaming up with local author Dina Guillen to vitalize a menu inspired from her third and most recent book, Plank Grilling: 75 Recipes for Infusing Food with Flavor Using Wood Planks. Guillen’s book divulges the flavorful secrets of wood plank…

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Rated R {4/5 stars} Wes Anderson’s eighth film has already been likened many times to the courtesan au chocolat pastries that feature heavily in the plot: sumptuous, delicate, ornate, elaborate, confectionary. And to view The Grand Budapest Hotel as a painstaking dessert only confirms what those…

Rebelution is notorious for giving their audiences incredible performances; even those who aren’t particularly assimilated into the reggae culture have enjoyed their blend of rock, California reggae and smooth groovin’. Known for their welcoming, soothing concert vibes, Rebelution has been holding their own in the reggae genre for almost 10…

300: Rise of an Empire Rated R {3/5 stars} Braveheart is the worst movie I ever once liked. It is positively unwatchable—an embarrassing spectacle of unconditional absurdity. In fact, here are three things I’d rather do right now than ever again watch Mel Gibson’s portrayal of William Wallace: 1. Drink…