Spring Fling Rock AF kicked off their second night of touring here in Sacramento CA on March 12, 2016. The night was jammed pack with rock and alternative artists from all over the world and well attended. Bear Hands, a New York band, kicked off the night with their own version of indie rock. Halfway … Continue reading
Psychedelic bliss-rockers Givers & Takers are on the rise. Their alternately soft-spoken and gritty psychedelia is catchy and full of fluid instrumentation. The band has just released their new single ‘Strangers.’ The song brings a bluesy bite to the normally keyboard heavy genre. Listen below, headphones suggested: Givers & Takers have also released ‘Start The Morning,’ a … Continue reading
Warming up a town near you: Cage the Elephant, Silversun Pickups, Foals, and last but not least, Bear Hands are coming to rock your spring break. This awesome line up is coming to Fresno on March 11th and to Sleep Train Arena in TUBE.’s hometown, Sacramento, on March 12th. You can purchase tickets at … Continue reading
Women’s History Month Event at The Met Sacramento High School The Met Sacramento High School (810 V Street) has featured many exciting community events, but this event is a definite contender to be number one. On Wednesday, March 9, from 6 PM to 8 PM, Viola Lebeau of Sacramento Young Feminists Alliance and the Met … Continue reading
Bass prodigy Tal Wilkenfeld has toured with Jeff Beck, played with Prince, Ryan Adams, Ringo Starr, Brian Wilson, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, Toto, Todd Rundgren, and Trevor Rabin. She has performed live with Sting, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Mick Jagger, Steven Tyler, Buddy Guy, David Gilmour and Billy Gibbons – and anchored Pharrell and Hans Zimmer at the … Continue reading
#Right2Rest Meeting at Southside Park Punks for Peace, a local Sacramento youth activist organization, is putting on a meeting supporting #Right2Rest on February 17th at Southside Park (2115 6th St) starting at 6:30 PM. #Right2Rest is an operation organized in support of more rights for the homeless. Punks for Peace is a fantastic group of … Continue reading
Solo artist Bibio, (also known as Stephen Wilkinson) is releasing his seventh album, A Mineral Love. Along with the announcement he’s sharing the album’s first official single, ‘Feeling,’ with an accompanying video directed by Bibio himself. ‘Feeling’ is buoyed up by a bouncy 70’s throwback riff and the video looks like a light show out of the same … Continue reading
What I’m Listening To is a new series where we talk to exciting artists and musicians and get a five song slice of their current playlist. – “Music is my first love.” – Shannan Robertson grew up in a house filled with music: her mother’s beautiful soprano, her grandmother’s Glenn Miller records which she taught Robertson … Continue reading
Youth Lagoon’s new video, ‘Rotten Human’ is a beautiful hypnotic art piece. Slow and strange, it makes fantastic use of the natural beauty of Iceland and is nearly impossible to stop watching once you start. The video was directed by Patrick Blades and stars model Daytona Williams. It melds wonderfully with the aching melancholy of … Continue reading
On February 5th, Low Cut High Tops, Seattle’s own digital punk, one-man band, released his 10-track album, Eh, Whatever. David Burns shaped the entire album, allowing him to totally immerse himself into every lyric, beat, and growl. This musician’s style has given him wide recognition for his unique, computerized arrangements. A series of music videos, … Continue reading
Black Lives Matter! at Sol Collective As we enter Black History Month, it’s important to remember history is still being made today. Police brutality against black people has been going on too long, and on February 10 at Sol Collective (2574 21st St.), starting at 7 PM, there is an opportunity to learn more about … Continue reading
Cross Record, also known as Emily Cross, is starting off 2016 with a new album and three new singles. The latest single, ‘Basket,’ is an eerie soft-spoken song that crawls along the listener’s spine and digs its claws in. The track is built around a series of repeated lyrics and the instrumentation is sparse. The initial vocals were intended to … Continue reading
Post-punk band SKATERS have gone DIY. They recently left Warner Bros, struck out on their own, and emerged from the studio with more than sixty new tracks. “There was a true sense of freedom knowing that the record couldn’t be rejected,” says SKATERS frontman Michael Ian Cummings in a recent interview. The band’s latest single, ‘Head … Continue reading
Art Hotel 916 Art Hotel 916 is an art exhibit that will be available from February 5-February 13 at an abandoned hotel at 1122 7th Street. The hotel is scheduled to be demolished mid-2016, and over 60 artists from around the world stepped up to make its final days memorable. Each room, including kitchens, … Continue reading
What I’m Listening To is a new series where we talk to exciting artists and musicians and get a five song slice of their current playlist. ” Vixens of Vinyl are kinda Sex, Drugs, and Rock’ n Roll …only without the Sex, and the Drugs.” – The Vixens of Vinyl is “a bad ass group … Continue reading
Sunflower Bean, a psychedelic rock group from Brooklyn, is releasing a new album this February. The trio of under twenty-one-year-olds: Julia Cumming, Jacob Faber and Nick Kivlen, have been together since 2013. Their music consists of Cumming’s ethereal singing mixed with grounding cadence from the bass and Faber’s drums. Adding to this is Kivlen’s infectious … Continue reading
Punk doesn’t always look like what you’d expect. Walking into Cafe Colonial on January 8th, people were playing cards and talking at the tables. There was art lining the walls. Urban Wolves jumped right in. They’re a large five piece band, and Cafe Colonial is a small intimate venue. The band told the singer, Jordan … Continue reading
The Saddest Show Ever: Tiny Teeth, Destroy Boys, OnFire, City Mural, and Moving Day at Naked Lounge This is gonna be a great night of awesome music, coffee, and local bands. Headlining at Naked Lounge (1111 H Street) is Tiny Teeth, an acoustic duo. Following them up are Destroy Boys, TUBE’s favorite female fronted acoustic … Continue reading
Bianca Casady & the C.i.A. has released another single from their upcoming album Oscar Hocks. ‘Daisy Chain’ was the first song created for the album and was written during the course of a migraine, a feat within itself. ‘Daisy Chain’ is also the name of a 2012 New York exhibition of Casady’s where she mixed wildflowers … Continue reading
This last Saturday, Casa de Chaos, one of Sacramento’s most infamous punk joints, was packed with people raising money for the beloved 916 legend, Ground Chuck. During a show a while back, Chuck broke his hip in a pit and needed to get it replaced, so naturally, the community decided to host a show. Over … Continue reading
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