Sometimes when it’s over 90 degrees all you can do to cool down is drink a beer, chill with friends and play some tunes. For the 12,000 concert goers at the Sleep Train Amphitheater in Concord last night, that seemed to do the trick. For one night only two of the greatest rock bands of … Continue reading
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Heels, hotties, and hair. SwingTime 2012
Heels, hotties, and hair – that about sums up the 4th Annual Sacramento SwingTime this Saturday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Oh, and the music. There was plenty of that too. Spectators and swingers got to put their dance skills to the test with live performances by some really awesome bands. The self-proclaimed renegade rock … Continue reading
Concert in the Park PUNKS NOT DEAD!
Concert in the Park PUNKS NOT DEAD! Music, language of the freaks, voice of the uncontrollable, rationalization of the unexplainable. Touch it feel it breathe it know it be it. Go to the show. Play the show. Be the pit. Be the love the pain the confusion the understanding the absolute essence. Be the racing … Continue reading
Time for Swingtime!
This Saturday take yourself back in time at Sacramento’s 4th Annual Swingtime at the Crown Plaza Hotel. While last year will be hard to beat, this year is promised to be better then ever. With 8 bands and 2 DJ’s the music will be nonstop in the air conditioned ballroom. Deke Dickerson and the Ecco-fonics put … Continue reading
Punk Rock in the park
Words by John Klaiber This Friday June 22nd at Cesar Chavez Park come see Local Punk Iconic Legends 7 Seconds City of Vain & The Bastards of Young Concert in the Park is a Sacramento concert series that fills our city with excellence all summer long. Any one who knows this town, knows this is … Continue reading
Mondo Deco
Mondo Deco is fun. I can’t believe it took me this long to go see them. Everything about them makes your body move, clap and absolutely scream rock and roll. They fall somewhere between a 1960s pop band and 1980s garage rock. Redd Kross’s influence is strong, as well as the New York Dolls, however, … Continue reading
BOAT
Rumor is that the band BOAT is not to be missed, so finding that they were playing at Luigi’s Fungarden last night was a pleasant surprise. The Seattle-based band is on a weekend tour playing Sacramento(last night), San Francisco(tonight at The Hemlock Tavern), Portland(May 26th at Mississippi Studios) ending back in Seattle on the 27th. … Continue reading