Darlingchemicalia has been popping up throughout the Sacramento music scene for quite some time now. The band consists of Ian Bone, Stephine Bone, Andrew Henderson, Justin Gonzo and Michael Feerick. Floating somewhere between shoegaze and art rock, Darlingchemicalia has our attention. It is easy to get lost in their world of fuzzy guitars and echoing voices. … Continue reading
Ra Ra Riot loves their fans! As a big fat thank you for loving them in return they are sharing some music. Download a free live EP from the bands Fall 2013 tour. Follow the link below to start rocking! Download here:http://bit.ly/19TIZgK Or stream here. Continue reading
MORGAN DELT SHARES NEW TRACK FROM DEBUT ALBUM, OUT JANUARY 28TH ON TROUBLE IN MIND California native Morgan Delt recently announced his self-titled debut album, out January 28th on Trouble In Mind, and shared the excellent track, “Beneath The Black And Purple.” It’s the follow up to the ultra limited 6-song cassette, “Psychic Death Hole,” Morgan released earlier this year. Today, he … Continue reading
Following the success of the track “Bagboy” and the four-track “EP-1,” Pixies deliver again, rolling out “EP-2,” four more brand new songs – “Blue-Eyed Hexe,” “Magdalena,” “Greens and Blues” and “Snakes,” as well as a music video for “Blue-Eyed Hexe.” The new songs were recorded during October 2012 at Rockfield Studios in Wales, UK, were … Continue reading
NEW ALBUM, BURN YOUR FIRE FOR NO WITNESS, OUT FEBRUARY 18TH ON JAGJAGUWAR As announced last month, Angel Olsen will release her ethereal and powerful new album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness, on February 18, 2014 via Jagjaguwar. Throughout this “collection of songs, grown in a year of heartbreak, travel, and transformation,” Olsen sings with full-throated exultation, admonition, and bold, expressive melody. And, with … Continue reading
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Celebrating 5 years of MAGIK*MAGIK ORCHESTRA January 31st, 2014 at The Fox Theater in Oakland, CA San Francisco-based Magik*Magik Orchestra, the leading independent, made-to-order orchestra for artists of all kinds, proudly presents “When We Were Young,” a special evening celebrating their 5th anniversary, at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA on January 31st, 2014. … Continue reading
TEMPLES ANNOUNCE DEBUT RECORD, SUN STRUCTURES, OUT FEB. 11 After a steady build up of stateside buzz and support, Kettering, England’s favorite psychedelic sons Temples are announcing their debut full-length, Sun Structures, outFebruary 11th on Fat Possum. It’s a record that’s destined to set out the band’s stall as Britain’s premier retro-futurists, with influences ranging from ’60s psychedelia to Motown, glam, and Krautrock, … Continue reading
Hailing from our own Sacramento area, Adrian Bourgeois is set to release his new album, Pop/Art, early next year, and the result certainly lives up to his aspirations for the album. Bourgeois has said the title “is as much a description as a statement of intent” and says that the goal was to bridge the … Continue reading
LOS ANGELES, CA – Monday, December 9, 2013 – Pixies’ 2013 – 2014 global tour schedule continues to escalate with a series of major South American and European festival performances now confirmed for next Spring and Summer. The band – Black Francis/vocals, guitar, Joey Santiago/guitar, backing vocals, and David Lovering/drums, backing vocals – will kick off the … Continue reading
Boston-based Quilt are gearing up for a big 2014. January 28th will mark the release of their sophomore full-length Held In Splendor (Mexican Summer), and they’re announcing a huge tour that will start in Baltimore and take them across the whole country, from the Pacific Northwest to the South, and back to the East Coast. Also, they’re revealing a very different … Continue reading
Superheroes, villains, and characters of a variety of comics were all crammed into the Crocker Art Museum on November 14, 2013. They called it the Crocker-Con Art Mix and it sure was incredible. Upon walking into the museum we found a bunch of people dressed up in Cosplay. Artists had tables set up and were creating … Continue reading
You probably first heard the name “Cage the Elephant” when the mellow hit Shake Me Down played on the radio daily in early 2011. It was around this time that Cage the Elephant became a commonplace band, trademark of the indie genre as one of the only indie bands to play regularly on the radio … Continue reading
Electro Group, Cruel Summer and Tepid Joy had a little show at Luigis Fungarden in Sacramento Ca on November 22. Read our little interview with Electro Group here and have a look at the show below. Continue reading
Cafe Colonial seemed to appear out of thin air. For those who are unfamiliar it is a fairly recently opened venue located between The Colony and the Colonial Theater off of Stockton Blvd. This all ages venue/restaurant is operated and owned by Matt Marrujo, Mickey Rat, Jennifer Kubach and Steve Waite, all people who are completely submerged into the Sacramento … Continue reading
The hits just keep on coming. After releasing the My Friends Never Die EP in September and My Friends Never Die Remixes earlier this month, ODESZA is back with more new music. NO.SLEEP Mix.01 is the first installment in an ongoing exclusive mixtape series crafted by ODESZA’s Harrison Mills (aka Catacombkid) and Clayton Knight (aka BeachesBeaches). The mix features work from ODESZA’s favorite producers and the excellent … Continue reading
Check out The Community’s new album, Non-Prophet and the super swell line up for their CD release show. You know we love each and every band listed. You know we will be there. You should go too. For more information about the show visit the Facebook event page. Continue reading
London, England’s Fanfarlo will release their new album, Let’s Go Extinct, on February 11th, 2014 on Blue Horizon, the British blues label revived by legendary record industry veterans Seymour Stein and Richard Gotteher. Recorded by the band and David Wrench in a tucked-away recording studio in North Wales, Let’s Go Extinct is, in many ways, the true successor to the band’s much-feted debut, Reservoir. Watch the trailer for … Continue reading
Ask any member of the band Electro Group what genre of music they play and they would all have a tough time giving a straight answer. Fans and critics have labeled them anything from shoegaze to noise-pop alternative rock. While the band’s heavy-hitting sound-scapes and distorted, “wall of sound” melodies bring to mind My Bloody … Continue reading
Love’s Crushing Diamond, the debut album by Mutual Benefit, aka the amorphous project of Jordan Lee‘s sometimes one-man-band, sometimes sprawling collective, is a powerful and heartfelt record of lush, watery, pop songs, inspired by the kinetic energy, goodbyes, and blurred landscapes of life on the road as Lee moved throughout the last several years from Ohio to Austin … Continue reading
Kim Deal may have left the band, but that is not going to stop us from going to the show. Pixies kick off their North American Tour on January 15, 2014. Dates are below. They are still rocking as hard as ever. Here is a look at their new music video What Goes Boom. JANUARY … Continue reading
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