Listen: Mother Mother’s Very Good Bad Thing
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Listen: Mother Mother’s Very Good Bad Thing

This month, Canadian rockers Mother Mother released their new album Very Good Bad Thing.  Much like the band members themselves, each song has a distinct personality. The lead single “Monkey Tree” is a brightly feral song, urging listeners leave the rat race and run away to the jungle.“Modern Love” offers a chorus shimmering with anticipation. The simple but pervasive touches of “Reaper Man” … Continue reading

TBD Fest launches new name, venue
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TBD Fest launches new name, venue

The only thing constant about Sacramento’s TBD Fest is its ever-changing nature. Known previously as Launch, this homegrown music festival has brought to town major and emerging acts—Girl Talk, Imagine Dragons, DJ Shadows and Chromeo, to name a few—since 2012. This year, the festival has a new name and venue, and is branching from a … Continue reading

Here, There Be Dragons
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Here, There Be Dragons

Listening to Imagine Dragons is like being inundated with a tide of ragged glory and post apocalyptic glee. The Las Vegas based band puts their finger on your pulse then gets impatient; grabs your wrist, then runs off with you into the sunset. Though just recently making it big on the music charts, Imagine Dragons … Continue reading

“We Don’t Actually Sleep Together” Keith Jeffery of Atlas Genius on Music, Family, and Life
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“We Don’t Actually Sleep Together” Keith Jeffery of Atlas Genius on Music, Family, and Life

Atlas Genius, a rising indie rock band from Australia, started with a homemade studio.  “We had a lot of song ideas and it was important to us to have our own studio where we could experiment and hone in on our sound,” drummer Michael Jeffery says on the band’s website.  And clearly this was a … Continue reading