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Sacramento Haunted Beer Train

Saturday, November 2nd, 2013 – 2:00 PM The Sacramento Beer Train features beer tasting with 3+ local breweries. This particular trip also welcomes halloween costumes! The $45 ticket includes a 3-hour scenic train ride, souvenir glass, 8 tastings and live music. This trip will feature: Heretic Brewing (Fairfield) Sudwerk Brewery (Davis) Six Rivers Brewery (McKinleyville) … Continue reading

Fringe delivers variety at Assembly
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Fringe delivers variety at Assembly

You put together comedians, contortionists, dancers and an enthusiastic emcee with a fantastic jacket and what do you have? Fringe: Sacramento’s new, wildly entertaining variety show held the first Friday of each month at The Assembly. The brainchild of Jay Siren, founder of the Sac burlesque group Sizzling Sirens, the monthly vaudeville show features entertainers … Continue reading

Listen Up! Here is a peek at Magik Markers.
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Listen Up! Here is a peek at Magik Markers.

Punk band Magik Markers’ upcoming Surrender To The Fantasy will be out November 19, 2013.    “Bonfire” is the first glimpse into Magik Markers’ first record in four years.  Beginning with a shamanistic chant, “Bonfire” evolves to full stomp as Elisa Ambrogio’s unhinged vocals jump to the front of our consciousness. It’s a wild and fiery ride, friends. SURRENDER. … Continue reading

Breathe Owl Breathe
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Breathe Owl Breathe

Breathe Owl Breathe have been through a helluva year. Aside from the difficulties of creating their new record, the transcendent Passage of Pegasus (released Oct. 15th), while spread about the country, they had their tour van/longtime companion, Cassette Canyon, stolen from them while they were in the Bay Area. Though the van was found and their merch was recovered, … Continue reading

“Just Focus on Now”: Alpine at Assembly!
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“Just Focus on Now”: Alpine at Assembly!

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

Watch: Nightlands Video “So Far So Long”
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Watch: Nightlands Video “So Far So Long”

NIGHTLANDS SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR “SO FAR SO LONG” FROMOAK ISLAND & ANNOUNCES SOLO TOUR Nightlands, the project of sci-fi wizard and unstoppable noise machine Dave Hartley, is keeping the space age dream alive! In 2013, Nightlands released the excellent album, Oak Island, on Secretly Canadian, performed an original score to 2001: A Space Odyssey live, took us “To The Moon” and back, conducted a multi-city … Continue reading

Art for HUEmanity at Fouladi Projects.
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Art for HUEmanity at Fouladi Projects.

 Fouladi Projects is excited to host Project Color Corps first annual fundraising event – Art for HUEmanity. This one night event features artwork for auction from nearly 100 artists – working in a range of mediums from painting, photography, ceramics and mixed media – exploring the power of color as catalyst. Twenty-five of the featured … Continue reading

Listen:Mick Turner shares Sometimes
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Listen:Mick Turner shares Sometimes

DIRTY THREE’S MICK TURNER SHARES “SOMETIMES,” NEW SONG OFF DON’T TELL THE DRIVER, OUT NOV. 19 ON DRAG CITY Replete with classic epics and timely reprises, Mick Turner’s forthcoming release, Don’t Tell the Driver, is an inspired and focused collection of music that reaches for new borders without sacrificing the dizzy wandering and painterly stillness that has typified this artist’s best … Continue reading

A Kiss to Remember
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A Kiss to Remember

The Wyatt Deck was dark and peaceful, the weather edging towards chilly but the audience companionable. It wasn’t long before the stage lights flickered and the Common House’s production of Craig Lucas’ Prelude to a Kiss began. The play is a somewhat dark romantic comedy that delves into the question that Lana Del Rey crooned … Continue reading

Have a listen to QUILT and catch them on tour.
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Have a listen to QUILT and catch them on tour.

QUILT ANNOUNCES HELD IN SPLENDOR, OUT 1/28/14 ON MEXICAN SUMMERWhen the three members of Quilt arrived in New York City in April to begin the intensive recording process for their second album, the new and aptly named Held in Splendor, out January 28th on Mexican Summer, they stepped directly into spring. Anna Fox Rochinski, Shane Butler and John Andrews had spent much of the previous several months clutched away … Continue reading

GIRL TALK & FREEWAY DEBUT “TOLERATED” LIVE AT SURPRISE NYC SHOW
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GIRL TALK & FREEWAY DEBUT “TOLERATED” LIVE AT SURPRISE NYC SHOW

In his first release since 2010’s All Day, sample-obsessed producer Girl Talk (aka Gregg Gillis) has teamed up with legendary Philadelphia rapper Freeway to bring you the collaborative EP, “Broken Ankles.” The release combines both artists’ distinct, high-energy styles into a continuously flowing collection of bangers. After the success of Night Ripper in 2006, Girl Talk steadily toured over the following six years, bringing his … Continue reading