TBD Festival, a three-day music, food, and shopping extravaganza came to Sacramento’s River Walk Park last weekend. On the North end, across the festival from the stalls of the mini bazaar sat the Lowbrau stage, huge and imposing. It was on that stage that MS MR played Saturday evening, drawing in the crowd and whipping … Continue reading
The debut album of Meatbodies is a sighing swirl of psychedelic guitars and indistinct vocals that immediately brings to mind images of sixties garage and drug trips. The self-titled album as a whole is woven of pushed back vocals, fuzzy guitars, and sound effects reminiscent of the Beatles in their LSD phase. The style is … Continue reading
The Café Colonial is painted in stark black and white, adorned by event posters, photos from local artists, pages from a punk coloring book completed by various visitors, and reflected forever by the mirrors at the bar. This weekend it was host to the Bat Guano Festival, a two-day punk extravaganza. The Café was lively … Continue reading
Hello World! It is time for TUBE. to print our first issue!!! To help offset costs we are throwing a Totally TUBE.ular Sale with our pals at Phono Select Records. We are now asking for donations of gently used items. You know those band T-shirts in the back of your closet, we want them. That … Continue reading
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It was one hell of a show! Here is a little visual recap of the evening. And make sure to check out our interview with Sad Numbers. Continue reading
The sad face emoticon used by Sad Numbers may seem like just another elusive aspect to the hard-to-define-yet-easy-to-enjoy band, but it actually speaks volumes about their music. Whether you catch that sad smiley on one of the CDs handmade by Josh Berkley (but painted à la DIY chic by his young daughter), or online when … Continue reading
Following the success of the track “Bagboy” and the four-track “EP-1,” Pixies deliver again, rolling out “EP-2,” four more brand new songs – “Blue-Eyed Hexe,” “Magdalena,” “Greens and Blues” and “Snakes,” as well as a music video for “Blue-Eyed Hexe.” The new songs were recorded during October 2012 at Rockfield Studios in Wales, UK, were … Continue reading
Hello everyone! I wanted to pop in and say a little hello. I hope you had the Happiest of Holidays. This last year turned out to be quite a whirlwind of amazing. Between the ‘TUBE. Presents’ art/music shows and meeting both local and worldwide artists, musicians, dreamers, crafters, actors, film makers, comedians and lovers of the … Continue reading
Hello everyone! I wanted to pop in and say a little hello. I hope you had the Happiest of Holidays. This last year turned out to be quite a whirlwind of amazing. Between the ‘TUBE. Presents’ art/music shows and meeting both local and worldwide artists, musicians, dreamers, crafters, actors, film makers, comedians and lovers of the … Continue reading
LOS ANGELES, CA – Monday, December 9, 2013 – Pixies’ 2013 – 2014 global tour schedule continues to escalate with a series of major South American and European festival performances now confirmed for next Spring and Summer. The band – Black Francis/vocals, guitar, Joey Santiago/guitar, backing vocals, and David Lovering/drums, backing vocals – will kick off the … Continue reading
Kim Deal may have left the band, but that is not going to stop us from going to the show. Pixies kick off their North American Tour on January 15, 2014. Dates are below. They are still rocking as hard as ever. Here is a look at their new music video What Goes Boom. JANUARY … Continue reading
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