Quilt’s stunning new record, Held in Splendor, is out January 28th on Mexican Summer, and the band have already shared two very contrasting glimpses into the album. The first was the lush and languid “Arctic Shark,” sung by Anna Fox Rochinski. The second was the fuzzed-out rocker “Tired & Buttered,” sung by Shane Butler. Now, we’re very excited to share … Continue reading
The Devil Makes Three has come a long way from home. “There’s a road that goes out of every town,” said guitarist/front man Pete Bernhard. “All you’ve got to do is get on it.” On February 7, that road will lead the Santa Cruz-based band to Ace of Spades in Sacramento. The three-piece bluegrass/rock band—made … Continue reading
Stelth Ulvang stepped away from the large brightly lit venues that have become the norm while playing with the Grammy nominated band, The Lumineers to fall back into his roots on a small West Coast tour early this year. Taking a little over a week to venture from Colorado through California he visited tiny venues with small … 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
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
Meet a Macy’s Christmas character like no other: the flask-wielding, shit-talking, pot-smoking elf named Crumpet. He may adorn himself in red and green (and a perky, spangled hat), but Crumpet is truly an elf of a different color. This holiday season, Capital Stage brings you the hilarious tale of St. Nick’s most mischievous little helper … 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
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
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
We’re excited to announce that two of Australia’s most talented prospects have collaborated on a standalone release. Overachieving producer Flume and left-field crooner-on-the-verge Chet Faker release the “Lockjaw” EP on November 26th via Future Classic. Having worked together on “Left Alone,” the plan for a collaborative release was hatched when they toured together on the 2013 Laneway Festival. Shortly after, the two headed to Narre … Continue reading
The line in front of the purple octopus on the façade of the Rickshaw Stop was around the corner. The Fratellis concert was sold out and people had come from hundreds of miles away to see the Scottish band play. Finally the doors opened and the crowd crawled in, swelling to fill the carnival tent-like … Continue reading
We took a little trip out to Davis on a Wednesday to catch San Diego based band Plateaus playing at Third Space. The short West Coast tour was to promote the bands new 10″ vinyl record Wasting Time. Just as we expected they did not disappoint. Have a listen. Darlingchemicalia and Supermuff (who were both amazing) … Continue reading
Melbourne-based band Alpine, which vocalist Lou James describes as, “art rock pop,” is coming to Sacramento to take the stage at Assembly. Alpine provides some of the strongest vocals in the indie world, featuring two powerful female voices that stand out from any other band of its type. In the band’s first album, A is … Continue reading
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