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Celebrate Black History with the Crocker

The Crocker Art Museum is celebrating Black History Month in a big way with music, crafts, art and a local marketplace. The third annual Black History Month Celebration: A Free Family Festival will be held Monday, Feb. 17 from 11am to 3pm at the museum. Stacey Shelnut-Hendrick, director of education for the Crocker, said each … Continue reading

PROTOMARTYR ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM: UNDER COLOR OF OFFICIAL RIGHT
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PROTOMARTYR ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM: UNDER COLOR OF OFFICIAL RIGHT

PROTOMARTYR ANNOUNCE SOPHOMORE ALBUM, UNDER COLOR OF OFFICIAL RIGHT  OUT 4/8 ON HARDLY ARTIn a city full of brilliant people with dead-end jobs and dampened by bitter-cold winters, playing music offers a cheap outlet. Protomartyr’s taut, austere rock music was incubated in a freezing Detroit warehouse littered with beer cans and cigarette butts and warmed, feebly, by … Continue reading

“Thank You for Listening”: Meet The Community!
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“Thank You for Listening”: Meet The Community!

When the D.I.Y. spirit is a monumental faction of any artistic community, one will be offered a variety of works, ranging from exceptional to shoddy.   A band’s debut album is one such product that shows how much they truly care.  The one-of-a-kind “authenticity” of a Sharpeed home-burnt disc protected by hand-drawn CD artwork on … Continue reading

Watch Magdelena
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Watch Magdelena

The video was conceived and directed by Judy Jacob (for Everything is OK), who directed and edited some of the highly-stylistic films made for Pixies’ 2009-2011 “Doolittle” world tour.  Completely different from the other Pixies music videos for this project, the provocative “Magdelena” clip stars innovative British dance/theatre/performance artist Nando Messias. “Magdelena” is the second … Continue reading

QUILT SHARE NEW SINGLE, “TIE UP THE TIDES”
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QUILT SHARE NEW SINGLE, “TIE UP THE TIDES”

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

Watch Cass McCombs’ “Brighter!”
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Watch Cass McCombs’ “Brighter!”

The second of four videos from Cass McCombs that will be appearing in the first month of 2014 arrives today and this one’s something special.  Featuring a tour-de-force vocal performance by the late Karen Black, “Brighter!” is one of the highlights of McCombs’s latest album, Big Wheel And Others, and the video directed by the iconic actress and singer’s surviving husband, director Stephen Eckelberry, … Continue reading

Songs from the Road: The Devil Makes Three Comes to Sac
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Songs from the Road: The Devil Makes Three Comes to Sac

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

Stream Morgan Delt’s self titled album out January 28th.
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Stream Morgan Delt’s self titled album out January 28th.

Listening to Morgan Delt’s latest little beaut will land you in a world full of cosmic colors and light shows.   His self-titled album is to be released January 28th from Trouble In Mind. This 11 track collection will take you on a psychedelic adventure starting with mind-warping guitars and buried percussion sounding as if … Continue reading