The band Sleepwalkers sound like if Mac Demarco and Fleet Foxes had a love child and The Moody Blues was the godparent. The band’s sound is a splicing of Virginia country mixed with California surf rock and a sprinkling of folky piano. Composed of Austin and Michael York (guitars/vocals), Alex DeJong (drums), and Brad Heath … Continue reading
Sex is such a pervasive force in our culture it is rendered all but invisible. A quick experiment: next time during a trip downtown, make a tally of how many times a sexual image presents itself. The number will be surprisingly high. Sex is ubiquitous and used so prominently in advertising it is rendered unrecognizable. Napa-based artist Porous … Continue reading
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – ‘S.O.B.’- ‘S.O.B.’ makes giving into your demons a rollicking good time. Nathaniel Rateliff’s vocals are powerful and lend the simple lyrics strength and soul. This song is nearly impossible not to dance and clap along to, great for parties and cooking up a good mood. Suggestion by K. … Continue reading
The ten chandeliers and one disco ball of the Fillmore in San Francsico have heard everything. They have heard every sound check, every note, every shouted conversation at the bar when someone tried to conceive how they can charge ten dollars for beer and four for water. Yet the choral swellings and perfect percussion of … Continue reading
On September 18, at TBD Fest, near the confluence of the two rivers of Sacramento CA, Death Grips came back to their hometown and offered up a roaring reckoning. Despite a quick sound check, MC Ride (vocals, magnetism) Zach Hill (drums, fury) and Andy Morin (keyboards, dark and ancient knowledge) sauntered onto the stage without … Continue reading
This installment of Five to Watch takes a look at artists on Instagram who work with humans as subjects, inspiration and even canvases. Tessa Renae– Renae is a photographer who uses a lot of film and is “unapologetic about imperfections” according to her website. She shoots her subjects with intense focus and sympathy. Her various series are … Continue reading
Stand-up is a deceptive art. With nothing but a comic, a microphone, and maybe a stool on stage it is very easy to assume not much work goes into it. This is because audiences are conditioned to expect production value in their entertainment from a very early age. Be it the sets and costumes of … Continue reading
Samuel Beam, of Iron & Wine, came from South Carolina where America is old. As a young man he was educated in Virginia, where the tobacco grew wild and where the first cities of a nation were built. From there he went to Florida, the land of alligators, where the pensioners roam. Beam’s past residences have … Continue reading
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
Zero Forbidden Goals, or ZFG, is the brain child of two individuals: Andru Defeye and his business partner, Liv Styler. Composed of over twenty individuals, ZFG holds regular poetry and hip-hop events throughout the city of Sacramento. The collective has hosted events ranging from rap contests (Loud! at the Press Club), a poetry and brass … Continue reading
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