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Listen: March Releases We Think You Should Hear
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Listen: March Releases We Think You Should Hear

Male Gaze- The Shining Path –The Shining Path is a swirling overlap of psychedelic and punk.  Male Gaze was formed from the ex members of Mayyors, Blasted Canyons, The Mall, and are full of fuzz, feedback, and frenetic energy. The band has a fresh sound that hasn’t overtaken the music scene (yet). The Shining Path is off of Male Gaze’s new self-titled album due March … Continue reading

“Take the DIY Approach and Learn Along the Way”: Filmmaker Scott Crawford Discusses Salad Days
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“Take the DIY Approach and Learn Along the Way”: Filmmaker Scott Crawford Discusses Salad Days

Bad Brains. Teen Idles. Void. Minor Threat. Youth Brigade. Iron Cross. S.O.A. Government Issue. What do these bands have in common? They are all from Washington, D.C., and part of one of the first Do It Yourself movements in American music. The nation’s capital produced some of the most influential hardcore punk bands in the … Continue reading

The Common Threads of Alejandro Naranjo, Mark Fox, and Joseph Mele
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The Common Threads of Alejandro Naranjo, Mark Fox, and Joseph Mele

The Common Threads series, run by the Red Dot Gallery, showcases three artists whose work shares threads of similar themes. The series starts its third installment next month with a trio of artists with “the unique ability to project a critical view of humanity’s social fabric”, according to the Gallery. The artists featured in this installment are Colombia-based … Continue reading

Easy Up-Cycled Farmer’s Market Tote
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Easy Up-Cycled Farmer’s Market Tote

Though spring is not officially here yet, the weather seems to be sending a different message.  The flowers blooming and the sun shining gives a feeling of  bliss and nostalgia. And one thing that is always enjoyable in the spring, is heading over the farmer’s market and filling bags with a bounty of vegetables, warm pastries, and fresh cut … Continue reading

Music We Believe In and a Solid Performance: The Enlows Turn 15!
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Music We Believe In and a Solid Performance: The Enlows Turn 15!

Do you remember turning fifteen years old? Being pissed off at your folks? Having baked, greasy skin like last night’s pizza, perhaps? Losing control while making a valiant effort at conversation with a crush? ¿La quinceañera, puede ser? Rock bands have an advantage over us as individuals – those embarrassing things do not happen to … Continue reading

Coming Full Circle: Meet Laura Matranga.
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Coming Full Circle: Meet Laura Matranga.

After nearly a decade working in the corporate world, Sacramento designer Laura Matranga is returning to her independent roots. Matranga has run her graphic design and printmaking business, Asbestos Press, since 2005. She wanted to be a graphic designer before she even knew what term meant. As a teenager growing up a small Bay Area … Continue reading

Cohesion and Clash: A Look at So Much Yes by Eli and the Sound Cult
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Cohesion and Clash: A Look at So Much Yes by Eli and the Sound Cult

Sacramento band Eli and the Sound Cult, composed of Elijah Jenkins (guitar, vocals, key, and samples) and Jason Bove (bass), describe themselves as an “indie-neo-electro-pseudo-soul duo.” The five songs on the band’s newest EP, So Much Yes, do not suggest quite this level of genre crossing, though they do rise and fall with sublimated anguish. … Continue reading

What Are We Really Looking At?: The Work of Denise Stewart-Sanabria
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What Are We Really Looking At?: The Work of Denise Stewart-Sanabria

Denise Stewart-Sanabria is a hyperrealist artist out of Knoxville, Tennessee who specializes in re-creating the world around her through painting and woodwork. Her intricate life-size plywood drawings are so realistic they force one to look twice before realizing they are part of an installation. Through her paintings she has been able to create decadent and … Continue reading

A Little Tender, A Little Tropical: Valentine’s Day Show At Sol Collective
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A Little Tender, A Little Tropical: Valentine’s Day Show At Sol Collective

Valentine’s Day was just over a week ago and while most folks were busy with a typical romantic night out, a small crowd of friends and lovers gathered at Sol Collective to catch an amazing concert and much better alternative Despite a chilly night, the heat was turned up by stellar performances that transported most … Continue reading

Into the Minds of Artists
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Into the Minds of Artists

This April the public will have the opportunity to step into the inner sanctum of 30 Davis artists. The Davis Art Studio Tour gives everyone a chance to visit the studios of both new and established working artists and interact both with their work and the artists themselves.  Artwork will be on sale in each studio … Continue reading

An Artistic Collaboration with the Dead: Breathing New Life into Vintage Portraits
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An Artistic Collaboration with the Dead: Breathing New Life into Vintage Portraits

For the months of February and March, the quaint cottage-like coffee shop, Insight, features Logan Fessler’s “No Past, No Future” solo exhibit. Antique portraits collaged with vibrant paint and mounted on found wood compliment the white cobblestone walls of this downtown coffee shop. While the 24 pieces on display range in complex composition and size, … Continue reading