Submerge Magazine: Issue 160 (April 21 - May 5, 2014)

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Dive in The Stream The Optimistic Pessimist Submerge your senses sarah marie hawkins tycho fallrise holy ghost! calendar the grindhouse

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onward upward Melissa welliver melissa@submergemag.com I’m not going to lie, I had the hardest time putting this issue together. Two interviews ended up not happening, and that left me high and dry.

One was a touring comedian whom I’d classify as D-list (yet still hilarious by all means and worth featuring). She was not only being extremely difficult to lock down, but her manager demanded the interview only be 15 minutes, confirmed an interview days past our deadline, then canceled the interview 15 minutes before the scheduled time with no hopes of rescheduling because “things came up” and she was now “too busy.” Dick move!

The second interview that canceled was definitely my own fault, because I held out hope that a certain show was going to confirm. Once the show with this rad female punk/psychedelic pop band from Los Angeles confirmed a Sacramento gig, also way past our deadline, we set up an interview that very second. Then guess what? The show got canceled the next day because the venue double-booked the date. So needless to say, I was up shit creek X2. #facepalm Sure these things happen from time to time in this industry, but it’s stressful as fuck. And I’d go as far to say it’s even depressing: I’m bending over backwards to set up an interview with someone I think is cool, and our writers are spending hours to prep for an interview, all so we can let you, our beloved readers, know and learn more about someone interesting coming to Sacramento. Then, sometimes, it all falls apart. A billion other words come to mind, but “frustrating” is at the top.

Often in any line of work, or with life really, things happen that you can’t prevent and you are forced to move on. Turns out in the long run, after all is said and done, I ended up coming to terms with those two features not working out because it required me to seek out other individuals/musicians that are in this current issue and are fucking rad.

After reading our main feature stories, I found they have a very inspiring underlying theme. Not only do you get to read about how these artists and musicians came to their craft, but I hope you take away what I did after reading them—and I’m summarizing here—that if you work hard at what you do and push yourself, you can be successful. I mean it’s hard to believe Scott Hansen of Tycho at one point had zero musical interests and now has made Awake, one of my favorite albums of 2014. Or Alex Frankel, of the band Holy Ghost!, who has a great range though not trained, makes kick-ass beats with his partner, and released Dynamics, which was definitely on my Top 10 albums list of 2013. The local guys in FallRise work their asses off practicing three to four times a week and are one of the very, very few local bands that get to headline Ace of Spades two to three times a year. And last but not least, Sarah Marie Hawkins wasn’t happy with the direction in her life and chose to take a leap and lead a more creative lifestyle through photography and painting—and is now curating her own sort of gallery/creative pop-up show that supports Sacramento artists.

All in all, what I really took away from this issue is that even when you’re burnt out, over it, and perhaps want to kill some motherfuckers, it’s all going to be OK. Move on and better, more inspiring shit will come your way.

Rant over. Enjoy issue 160 Melissa

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Luigi’s Slice, a hip pizza joint in the MARRS Building that for years has also acted as one of Sacramento’s few all-ages music venues, has been sold to the owners of Azul Mexican Food and Tequila Bar, located just steps from Luigi’s in the same building. The space will close for about three weeks starting on May 17 and will undergo renovations. It will remain a pizza place under a new undisclosed name, but it is uncertain if the new owners will continue to host live, all-ages shows.

“It’s heartbreaking about the uncertainty of the new owners doing music,” Luigi’s co-owner Linda Brida (she runs the business with her husband, Greg) recently told Submerge. “I’m going to talk to them more about it.”

Brida mentioned that while it’s a bummer they have to sell, it is something they’ve been mulling over for some time. “We’re a mom and pop shop, and we treat our employees like family,” she said, noting how important it was to them that most of their employees be re-hired by the new owners. The Bridas still own the original Luigi’s Pizza Parlor located at 3800 Stockton Boulevard. It’s been in their family for 60 years.

Local promoter and music scene OG Jerry Perry, who frequently throws all-ages shows at Luigi’s Slice featuring both national and local acts, wrote an honest straight-forward post on his Facebook page on April 12 about the closing of Luigi’s and the uncertainty of live music happening there after the switchover.

“I consider little ol’ Luigi’s to be one of the most important rooms in the Sacramento scene,” he wrote going on to say “Sacramento may not know it yet, and actually rarely ever understands the impact of changes such as this, but losing this venue will create a huge disconnect between young people and live music in the scene, and forces so many young local artists back to playing stageless coffeehouses, or bullshit pay-to-plays, maybe occasional house-parties, or nowhere at all.”

Submerge attempted to reach out to one of the owners of Azul but did not hear back as of press time.

We reached out to Perry to see what he and others have lined up at Luigi’s before May 17, and it turns out it’s a stacked next few weeks of awesome shows, so get out and support while you can! Check it: Circle Takes the Square on April 25; The Kelps on May 3; Sun Monks on May 9 with The Horde and The Harem; Kurt Travis (of A Lot Like Birds) on May 14; and The Dollyrots and Slime Girls on May 17, which may be the final night of shows. Perry also told Submerge that he’s adding more shows to that list and that he plans on reaching out to the new owners to speak with them to discern the future of all-ages shows. We’ll keep our readers up to date as we learn more about the fate of the venue.

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It feels like a bit of a gold rush is happening in and around downtown Sacramento as of late. Things are slowly moving along with the new arena, and with that excitement cool new restaurants, bars and retail concepts are popping up left and right. It’s an opportune time to jump into the market and thanks to Downtown Sacramento Foundation’s second ever Calling All Dreamers contest, one lucky aspiring business owner is going to receive the deal of a lifetime: the chance to open a downtown storefront, a large cash prize and business services valued at approximately $135,000! According to Downtownsac.org/calling-all-dreamers, the contest is a “retail business plan competition” whose goal is to “foster Sacramento’s entrepreneurial spirit and cultivate the next generation of dreamers.” Thirty-three applicants submitted their business concepts and those have been narrowed down to six finalists, who are, in no particular order: Ana Apple, a Midtown-based clothing company for infants and children; Better Foods Deli, a Roseville deli that has been in business since 1970 and is looking to break into the downtown market; Metro Juice, a micro juicery and salad shop; Off the Chain Bike Bus Tours, which will offer interactive pedalpowered tours of downtown sights for up to 14 people at a time; Quick Draw Pizza, a western-themed pizza joint that will be like the Chipotle of pizza; and finally, Sacramento Climbing and Mountaineering, a retail shop that will carry a wide variety of gear for rock and mountain climbers.

Over the next month, contestants will work with counselors to refine their business plans in preparation for their final pitch in May. But, you’ve got a say in who wins, too! Head to Downtownsac.org/cadvote to watch short videos introducing and explaining each concept and then place your vote for who you think should open up shop! The winner will be announced in May with the intent to open their storefront in November.

Hurry, you’ve only got until May 11 to get your vote in and help shape the future of downtown Sacramento.

Hometown reggae/rock favorites Arden Park Roots are readying the release of their fourth full-length album titled Burning the Midnight Oil. The new album is 12 tracks total and was recorded and engineered by Joe Johnston at Pus Cavern Studios over the course of three months. Besides featuring guests Andre Fylling on keys and Josh Rosato on percussion, there’s a collaboration with Spice 1 called “The Music” and a cover of “Jolene” by Cake, a song that APR has been playing live for years. “We have been paying tribute to Cake each night with that song for like, seven years,” lead singer Tyler Campbell told Submerge. “They probably have no idea who we are.” The album will drop digitally on iTunes on Sunday, April 20 (how fitting!) with hard copies available at the band’s official Sacramento album release show on Saturday, April 26 at Assembly.

Indubious, Riotmaker and Kayasun will open the show. “I believe that this, collectively, is our best work to date,” Campbell said of the new album. “Each member of the band was challenged to his full potential.

This album has a super positive vibe and it is a reflection of where we are at in life as individuals and as a team.” If you head to Ardenparkroots. com/tag/write-your-wrongs you can hear a brand new track off the album.

Also notable: the album art was done by legendary artist Jimbo Phillips, known for his work with brands like Santa Cruz Skateboards and bands like Slightly Stoopid, Expendables and others. APR is rock solid, easily one of the tightest bands to come out of the region, and I’m thinking it’s likely due to their intensive touring schedule which sees them across the country multiple times a year. “Let’s just say that we have one weekend off…for the rest of the year,” Campbell said.

“Our poor van.”

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The Optimistic Pessimist Something is happening right before your very eyes. It’s been going on for years and you haven’t even noticed, but babies are taking over the world. I couldn’t believe it at first myself. How could it be possible for a bunch of 12-pound, slobbering, incontinent, spotty haired and yet adorable babies to overthrow the governments of each and every nation in the world?

The first wave of the infiltration came in the mid-‘40s and lasted to the mid-‘60s. In the ultimate “fuck you,” they called themselves Baby Boomers. They came to blow us up and they weren’t afraid to tell us. Fortunately, the Baby Boomers were not as strong as they believed themselves to be and were unable to complete their mission.

Scientists have since determined that the Baby Boomers didn’t have enough McDonald’s and Carl’s Jr. to fortify their bodies against the superbugs of post-WWII Earth like today’s babies. Their failure to conquer the world still angers the Baby Boomers to this day and even leads to a retaliatory temper tantrum by a group of their ilk that nearly destroyed the world’s economy seven years ago.

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When the Baby Boomers finally realized that their pint-sized overthrow was no longer possible, they took steps to ensure all was not lost and had babies of their own. They were called Generation X and, once again, their name suggested their strategy. Generation X wanted to “X” the rest of us out of existence so that they could rule the world without their parents and little kids around to kill their buzz.

When that didn’t work, those babies had babies like me and my friends. We are sometimes called Generation Y, which for me means, “Y are all of these babies out to get us?” I think it’s our job to put an end to this madness. Unfortunately, for some of my brethren, they don’t want to hear the message and are having babies now, too.

We have every reason to be afraid. This fourth generation of baby is far superior to its predecessors. Baby 4.0 is very smart and very tough. By the age of one, they know sign language, how to say “O,” can push each other around in toy cars and even do karate chops. I’ve observed these behaviors myself in training camps across Northern California, otherwise known as single family homes, and

can confirm that these mini-menaces are out to kill us.

Today’s babies are genetically engineered to be soldiers. Note how they take big marching steps when they learn to walk. They were already masters of the belly crawl before that. When you consider their copious amounts of extra baby fat, there is no doubt that barbed wire will be ineffective against them. Worse yet, if Republicans get their way, we may soon be arming fetuses with assault rifles to protect themselves against abortion. How will we ever stop an army that has literally been training since conception?

So we know they are strong, but just how smart are they? We need only look to Hollywood to find our answer. The 1989 masterpiece Look Who’s Talking was the first film to expose babies’ ability to communicate with one another telepathically.

Ten years later, the highly acclaimed documentary/ exposé Baby Geniuses exploded onto the big screen and solved another piece of the puzzle. The film showed these super babies in captivity where scientists were holding them for observation to determine the level of threat they posed. The filmmakers also ended up capturing the infants’ spectacular escape. No one knows what happened

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to those escaped baby geniuses, but they are undoubtedly trying to have babies themselves now and who knows what those kids will be like!

If it’s as bad as I think and we are conquered, we will all be at the mercy of Princess Emma and Baby Julius. We will be forced to hand- or breastfeed them, wipe their butts and change their diapers. We will have to read them their favorite books over and over and watch the TV shows that they want to watch. If the babies want to play trucks instead of Lego, you better damn well play trucks! In exchange all we get is unconditional love and the opportunity to witness one of life’s miracles first-hand. What a rip off!

Consider this a warning. We have a duty to act.

I’m doing my part by providing you all the intel I’ve managed to gather on this threat. I cannot tell you how many belly zerberts it took to get it all. My lips are still numb, but I thought it was important. If super-powered, military-trained, evil genius babies are plotting to take over the world and enslave us all, I think we have the right to know about it before it’s too late to formulate a plan. We aren’t just going to kissy face our way out of this mess!

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Centro Cocina Mexicana (2730 J Street) is known for many things: great service, killer guacamole, incredible food, and most prominently, their large selection of tequila. Centro’s tequila assortment is one of the largest any Sacramento restaurant has to offer; dozens of options including 100 percent de Agave, Tequila Infusions, Platas, Resposados, Añejos and many more. If you haven’t had the opportunity to browse their variety, Cinco de Mayo offers the best opportunity to do so.

May 4 and 5, come experience the food and drink specials for their cover-free Cinco de Mayo fiesta. Sit at the outdoor bar, enjoy the extended patio, lively music, bartender competition and incredible happy hour pricing. For more information, call Centro at (916) 442-2552.

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Not too long from now, in the West Sacramento Galleria Hall (not too far away), is a great time for a celebration! On May 4, The West Sacramento Civic Center and Community Center will be hosting a Star Wars-themed event from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Come and enjoy the local vendors, comedy shows, costume parade, charity auction, Jedi wars and arts and crafts! Grab your light sabers and be sure to come in costume; if you do not, others may “find your lack in faith disturbing.” Tickets are $11 for adults and admission is free for children under 12. Fifty percent of the ticket proceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and can be found at Maythefourthws.brownpapertickets. com in addition to other links providing more information on the event. –BD

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Friday Night Concerts In the Park Series Kick-off • May 2

Bust out those shade hats, sunglasses and lawn chairs, it’s time for the 23rd annual Friday Night Concerts in the Park series!

The 13-week series kicks off on Friday, May 2 at Cesar Chavez Plaza (9th and J streets) with reggae/funk/jam band extraordinaire ZuhG headlining. If you weren’t there last year when ZuhG tore the park down, let’s just say it was absolutely bananas! At one point they brought up dozens of people on stage and it turned into this big, sweaty, totally awesome dance party, so we’ll have to see what sort of tricks and/or treats they have up their sleeves for this year’s performance. Providing support on week one will be local Americana/alt-country group The Nickel Slots and local funk band IdeaTeam, and on the Republic FC DJ Stage, Rock and Rhyme will be banging out hits to keep the crowd moving in between bands. You can check out the entire series lineup at Downtownsac.org/concerts or go to Submergemag.com and search for “Concerts in the Park” (please note there is no show on Friday, July 4).

It’s not just the live tunes you have to look forward to at CIP either, as there will be a smorgasbord of local food vendors on hand to offer grub that will no doubt soak up all that beer you’ll be drinking, including Azteca Street Tacos, Krush Burger, Wicked ‘Wich, Sacatomatoes, Yolanda’s Tamales, Fuzion Eatz, Golden Rice Bowl, Annie’s SnoBiz, Señor Dog and more! Oh and if you’re not down with beer, that’s cool too, because local beverage company Silk Road Soda is the official soda of Concerts in the Park this year and they have some really tasty, healthy drinks for you to enjoy (we highly suggest the “Cucumber with Mint” flavor). On top of all that, you can get your wife, GF or hip mom something cute from Gypsy Mobile Boutique, pick up the latest issue of Submerge from one of our many newsstands throughout the park and chill in the grass reading (shameless self plug), or just post up and watch local visual artists create artwork right in front of your eyes. Whatever it is that brings you to the park on Fridays this summer, we’re looking forward to seeing all of you out there enjoying Sacramento’s creative culture! –JC

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Steven Dietz’s Inventing Van Gogh follows artist Patrick Stone through his journey to find and recreate the lost self-portrait of Van Gogh. Symbolism suggests that Stone’s efforts excel at the expense of his mental health as his reality transitions into the time period of the 1800s and Van Gogh begins to materialize. The play’s eccentricity develops under the contrast of Dietz’s witty dialogue and the play’s dark, underlying conflict between desire and obsession. From now until May 17, Inventing Van Gogh, directed by Benjamin T. Ismail, will be featured at the Big Idea Theatre on 1616 Del Paso Blvd every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. General admission is $20 at the door, but can be purchased for $16 online at Bigideatheatre.com (discounts are offered to students, seniors and SARTA pass owners). Come experience Stone, accompanied by hallucinatory Van Gogh, as he gains a new understanding on the meaning of art and its impact on reality. –BD

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The Fairy Godmother and her Menagerie

Watercolorist & photographer Sarah Marie Hawkins develops nonprofit to support Sacramento artists Words Alia Cruz

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have walked past the 2110 Gallery countless times, but sadly have never seen past the sculpture garden and central showroom (shame on me!). On a Thursday afternoon, I finally indulged in all the incredible gems this space holds. The gallery offers room after room of specialized artist territories—each acting as an almost too personal feeling—and a glimpse into the minds of each painter, photographer or director. At the very end of the hallway, an immaculately white room is adorned with blotches of watercolors, beautiful drips of pale colors and bold black lines. This is the mind of painter and photographer Sarah Marie Hawkins.

The artist completely fits her work: she is a splash of color to any blazingly white room. Her presence itself is a full representation of the color spectrum. And she’s using that charm to become a godmother of sorts to other fledgling Sacramento artists.

Just a few years ago, the 25-year-old was going to college in Santa Clara, studying to be a teacher and working an entry-level position at Google. Bogged down by the books, and deciding it really was killing her art mojo, Hawkins started dabbling in photography and focusing more on aesthetically creative endeavors. Soon after, she was a professional photographer.

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spot I was at before,” she says. “You hit a point where your art becomes your career. You’re left with no outlet.”

From there, she took it a step further and began working with a local nonprofit, where she had the opportunity to deeply connect with other artists as a curator. At this time she was solely a photographer. “An extremely beautiful yet expensive habit,” she says.

A mere two years ago, while constantly working around other inspiring painters, Sarah realized a passion for watercolors, and with quite a bit of trial and error behind the scenes, she honed her skills as an emerging painter. “I would stay up all night painting and completely lose track of time. It all just happened.”

Her work pays a lovely homage to femininity.

Everything is light and whimsical, from the wisps of color in the featured woman’s hair, to the pale blue blotches of color that streams from her eyes. A personal favorite is a piece that shows two girls united by a balloon connecting their lifted ponytails, a piece that symbolizes the awesomeness of two friends being able to feel lifted in the presence of each other.

“I have tried to paint male figures, but in all honestly, they just didn’t do it for me,” she says.

“The female figure is so intriguing. Men were just pieces of paper and paint to me.”

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A constant in Sarah’s pieces is the use of branches. The branches usually grow wildly entangled out of a woman’s head, intertwining with her hair and existing beyond the woman herself.

“A huge discovery was learning that you are never rooted to just one thing,” says Sarah. “A lot of these things represent the feeling of growth.

There is continuity throughout them, especially the branch pieces.”

With this, Sarah somewhat outgrew the nonprofit she was working for, even denying a stable and well-paying job offer. She explains, “I felt like as an artist, I had this vision of what I wanted when it came to helping artists share their art. I was grateful for what I learned with the non-profit, but I also saw so many things I felt that I could do, and that I needed to do to help other artists.”

This is when Sarah Marie Hawkins started her new venture: become the fairy godmother to our town’s struggling artists with her very own nonprofit, Menagerie.

Menagerie will do a series of pop-up shows with dozens of different artist in different locations, or as Sarah puts it, “A circus of random things put together.”

Menagerie hopes to eliminate much of the business-type burdens that plague an artist while preparing for a show. “If you are taking $200 from 30 artists every month, where the heck is that money going? Stuff like that is what has always made me a bit uncomfortable in the art world, mostly because you often don’t see it actually benefitting the artist.”

Currently, Sarah is presenting the bill for the very first pop-up show for Menagerie on Wednesday, May 21 at District 30, ”a surprisingly awesome place

to have an art show,” she says. “District 30 is super accommodating and very generous with their resources.”

With this show, the artist pays no fee, and no commission is taken from a single thing the artist sells.

Essentially the popups held by Menagerie will be a platform for artists to step up and support other artists. At the District 30 event, a photographer has even volunteered to do headshots of all artists for their portfolios for absolutely free.

“I know what it is like and how difficult it is to be a starving artist.

But the cool thing about Sacramento is the unique relationship the art community has with each other.” Sarah elaborates. “I have seen a lot of the Bay Area art scene, and it is so cutthroat. It’s extremely competitive and everyone is against each other. Here, you have artists buying work from one another, and coming out to support others’ work. There is so much collaborating for a greater good in the art world. These are artists supporting artists here.”

The future goal for Menagerie is to eventually expand beyond pop-up shows and establish a gallery space and rotating work space for artists. “My hope is that we can somehow work to utilize someone’s extra space with each pop-up show. I hope that someone can visualize an unoccupied space’s potential and allow us to fill it with art. I seek people in my community to help me accomplish this.”

Fairy Godmother Sarah Marie Hawkins says she gets by in the art world with a little help from her friends.“ If I could generalize what all my pieces are about, it’s just about being consistent and being continuous. They are about never ever grounding yourself to one thing.

Always seek what you love and grow with it. I definitely encourage anyone who admires something, to let yourself jump into it. Your art is never going to be somebody else’s art. I always look at other people’s art and think ‘wow, I could NEVER do that!” And I’m right because these pieces that I’ve done are solely me and I’m proud of that and the diversity of work that pours out of my community.

Embrace what you have and strive to be yourself is what I’ve always tried to do, and art and the artists of Sacramento inspire me to do this every single day.”

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Riding a Wave of Nostalgia

Scott Hansen of Tycho hits his stride on his latest album Words Jenn Walker • PHOTOs Reuben Wu

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f you could bend time in your hand, watch life play out through a kaleidoscope, or travel through space, it might sound like a song from Awake, Tycho’s latest album released in March. If you want to simply ride a wave of nostalgia, perhaps losing yourself in a sunrise or a long drive down a twisting road, feeling the sensations of both sadness and bliss, then Awake is your album.

“Awake,” the opening track of the album, is one of those lovely, anthemic, synthheavy songs you never want to end. It’s airy, warm, repetitive and strangely familiar.

It washes over you and draws on your heartstrings.

When I spoke to the San Francisco-based frontman of the electronic post-rock outfit, Scott Hansen, to better understand the album, he was frantically fielding my phone call and several other media calls within a half-hour.

Never have I conducted such a butchered interview. Stationed in Chicago for a show at the Concord Music Hall that night, Hansen managed to squeeze in this interview early that afternoon.

On at least three separate occasions, though, he would have to switch over to another line.

“I thought we only had two of these things, and people just kept calling,” he said apologetically before answering yet another call.

Most likely, his other interviews had been postponed because of the band’s Iowa shakedown days before, he later explained. First, they were stopped and searched by troopers alongside a cornfield, drug dog and all (their tour van looked identical to a trailer that had been busted for 75 pounds of weed several months prior). Then their trailer wheel broke. They barely made it to Minneapolis before show time, and were onstage only 15 minutes late.

Yet another talent originally from Sacramento, Tycho is deserving of all said publicity. While he’s had a later start than some musicians, Hansen has been writing and recording music solo for more than 10 years as Tycho (the project was named after the 16 th-century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe). This was after Hansen dropped out of art school at the University of San Francisco, spending his early 20s

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successfully building a name for himself as a freelance graphic designer under the pseudonym ISO50, designing anything from album art and posters to magazine covers and snowboards.

Hansen dabbled in music all the while, but it wasn’t until a serious injury took him away from work for two months at age 24, that, for the first time, he could focus all of his energy on just writing music.

“I think it was just about getting to a point skill-wise where I felt like I could create the music I was hearing in my head,” he recalls.

Shortly thereafter, he self-released his first EP, The Science of Patterns, in 2002.

Two years later, he followed that up with his first full-length, Sunrise Projector. In 2011, Hansen released his second LP, Dive, on the indie record label Ghostly International, gaining attention from the likes of BBC music, Pitchfork and SPIN. Now, with the release of Awake, his second LP for Ghostly, Hansen is on tour as Tycho the band, accompanied by guitarist/bassist Zac Brown and drummer Rory O’Connor.

Awake, Hansen says, is the first “true Tycho album.”

It’s Tycho’s first cohesive body of work, he later explains. The album cover, which is, of course, designed by Hansen, reflects this. It is simple and elegant, with nothing more than a multicolored, striped orb on the front. It’s meant to be flag-like, Hansen says. The orb represents an iconic sun; it is a consistent motif in Tycho designs. Each of the eight color bands, or stripes, appearing on the orb on the Awake album cover represents a track on the album.

To create the album, Hansen and Brown moved Hansen’s studio to a cabin in Lake Tahoe last winter. From there, they relocated to Santa Cruz, where they met up with O’Connor to integrate the drums.

“I definitely think Tahoe had a lot to do with the sound,” Hansen says in retrospect.

“It’s this sort of insulated, isolated space, and I think that had a lot to do with the stuff that came out.”

In the following excerpts, Hansen further discusses the album and what drew him to writing music in the first place.

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I think you mentioned on your blog and elsewhere that you kind of define this as the first true Tycho album. Could you talk a little bit about that?

Yeah, I mean, that’s not to diminish any of the other records; I’m proud of those. But I felt like those were more of an education and learning process for me as a producer. There were a lot of ideas and things I wanted to do with this record that I wasn’t able to accomplish on my own, with my own skill set and my own resources. So this time around, I worked with Zac Brown. He was on a couple songs on Dive. Then we brought in Rory O’Connor as a drummer for the live tour, for Dive. During that time, I felt like everything meshed, and I wanted to capture that for this record. Basically, all of the things that I had been envisioning for all these years started coming together in a live show. So, this was the first record I felt like the whole vision came together and crystallized as a fully realized idea.

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I wanted a name that didn’t have any loaded meaning.

You had that window of time [when you were injured] when you started to put some music Are there one or two examples you can give of together for Science of Patterns. But at what point things that you wanted to accomplish with this had you developed a music background, or an album that you couldn’t accomplish in the past? interest in playing music? Had it been a long Definitely the rhythm time coming? section. I think you just No not at all. I had been “I got introduced to drum make a different kind of messing around with things and bass, and then a music when you’re sitting for, I’d say, two years prior lot of electronic music by yourself and just to that. But before that I had for the first time… I layering tracks than when zero musical experience, which had listened to rock you have three people I always thought was kind and heavy metal, so it in a room working off of of weird. I just never had never occurred to me each other and moving and that moment; it was never how it was made, just reacting and all that. It was presented to me in the right different in a lot of ways; it context. I’m a very technically because it was taken for was more visceral and more oriented person. I think I was granted. But this other on the fly, and that led to stuff, the sounds were so originally in San Francisco when arrangements that I think I started in my second year foreign that I was really were more focused and had of college. I got introduced to interested in how it was more movement drum and bass, and then a lot made, and it just seemed and dynamics. of electronic music for the first like something I could time… I had listened to rock do, whereas the guitar So you had worked first and heavy metal, so it never and drums, for whatever with Zac in Tahoe and then occurred to me how it was reason, to me seemed with Rory in Santa Cruz? made, just because it was taken a leap for me to be able Yeah, so we decided we for granted. But this other stuff, to learn those things. It wanted to do this more in the sounds were so foreign a traditional way, where that I was really interested in seemed so foreign to me. we went and took this how it was made, and it just But with the machines, specific period as an seemed like something I could I naturally gravitate intensive time for writing do, whereas the guitar and toward those things.” and creating, as opposed – Scott Hansen, Tycho drums, for whatever reason, to to my other records, which me seemed a leap for me to be were compilations of ideas I able to learn those things. It had been working with over a period of years. So seemed so foreign to me. But with the machines, we decided to remove ourselves from my studio I naturally gravitate toward those things. So and the city… So we just tore up the studio and that was the entry to the whole thing. But it’s reset it up in a small cabin up [in Tahoe] and interesting, because later, I started working more spent a few weeks hashing everything out. I came and more with back, worked on that stuff for a while, and then traditional See Tycho live in Sacramento we met up with Rory in Santa Cruz. That’s where instrumentation, at Harlow’s on May 10.

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Brains and Brawn

FallRise: Capitalizing on Moments & Seizing Opportunities

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ince 2010, Sacramento’s FallRise have been turning heads with their unique brand of heavy rock. Starting out like any other band, guitarists Dave Gorman and Matt Thomas had the duty of finding local talent

to round out their roster. They recruited powerhouse vocalist Sammy Karlin, bassist Anthony Grant and drummer Isaiah Abdul-Rahman into the fold. The group quickly realized the importance of having a sound work ethic and used this strength to write and structure material that would blend styles of fierce metal and catchy popular rock 'n' roll.

With a debut EP and full-length album already under their belts, FallRise have spent the better part of a year focusing on writing, recording and producing their new record, Territories. Drawing obvious comparisons to Pantera and Alice in Chains, the mere fact that FallRise possess the ability to play ferociously heavy metal and stripped-down alternative rock on the same record is quite impressive. The group has also had the luxury of performing with legendary groups Deftones, Stone Temple Pilots and Bush at the 2012 Aftershock Festival.

Though gaining much popularity in the last couple years, the group has remained humble, citing that they owe everything to the undying support of their fans, to whom they’ll be giving a long-anticipated album release show on Saturday, May 3 at Ace of Spades in Sacramento. Submerge had the pleasure of meeting with Gorman and Karlin to discuss the inception of the band, lessons learned in the studio and their future goals.

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How did you begin to gain notoriety on a local level and how has work ethic gotten you to your current status?

David Gorman: Matt and I started the project in 2008 and went through so many musicians, finding a specific attitude and style. We were specific in finding the most dedicated individuals as possible.

We debuted in Sacramento in 2010 and have worked tirelessly ever since. In order to get where we want to be, we have to keep the ball rolling as a unit and as individuals within the band. If there’s any stagnant time, depression sets in. We always set deadlines and goals for what we’re doing to prevent hopes and dreams from remaining on the shelf.

Sammy Karlin: We strive to rehearse three times a week for about three to four hours at a time, honing in our sound and polishing our craft. We devote time to the band on a daily basis by coming up with new musical ideas, ways to tighten our sound and methods of marketing our band.

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At what point did FallRise start to realize its potential?

DG: I knew we had something good going when we went to play at the Cedarwood Saloon in Grants Pass, Ore. It was our first time playing out of state and played in front of people we’d never met or connected with on a personal level. We left it all out on the line and got a great response, especially after showcasing some new songs. The crowd was fully engaged and turned upsidedown when we busted out a cover of “Walk”

by Pantera.

How do you effectively promote your shows and keep the attention of your fans?

DG: We pound the streets, make phone calls, put fliers out and use Facebook. But I believe a key to our success is to remain exclusive by playing shows less frequently and not exploiting our fans. We believe that does happen with oversaturation to the point where your fans and friends aren’t going to want to tell you no, so we want to have mutual respect with by not taking advantage of people. So we try to book every four to six months in Sacramento.

When I was a kid, going to shows was a mystical experience. Nowadays, you can get on the Internet and instantly check a show from any band. We strive to make our shows a special experience that leaves fans with a lasting impression.

What can listeners expect from upcoming album Territories?

DG: A great mix of heavy riffs and catchy melodies, similar to our first full length, Back From the Dead; but we’re much happier with the outcome of the new record. We recorded the drums at Pus Cavern with engineer Matt Hyde, who has an impressive resume of working with bands like Deftones, Slayer and No Doubt. We then went to Hyde’s studio in L.A. to cut a few of the singles and returned home to work on the rest of the album in our own studio. Once the recording was finished, we sent it to top dog David Bendeth to mix the album, who is known for his outstanding work of getting the drums to sound tip-top.

All of us, especially Isaiah, were very stoked on the recording because of how huge the drums sound.

There is a goal to stay away from being cookie-cutter. We’re trying to round out a commercialized sound with a sense of taste and creativity. We feel as though the vast array of sounds and styles, from metal to alternative rock, will go a long way for how this record is received.

SK: We’re happy with every track on the new record. Some of the songs are heavy and true to our signature sound, but we’ve also explored some new territory, hence the album name.

What are your plans for promoting Territories?

DG: Our album release show is set for May 3 at Ace of Spades in Sacramento. We’re relentless with promoting our events, but try to remain as tactful as possible.

SK: We gave a promo copy to Andy Hawk from 98 Rock to pump it on the radio and get some feedback. The hope is that they’re not going to throw your record in the garbage.

We also have a solid fan base in California and Oregon, so our plan is to make our way up and down the West Coast in support of the new record.

How have your loyal fans boosted the presence and morale of your band?

DG: We’ve been fortunate enough to have the help of our fans with selling tickets, promoting our shows and blasting our music. It may sound cliché, but we wouldn’t be anywhere near where we are now if it wasn’t for our fans voting us into playing the Aftershock Music Festival in 2012. Ever since that performance, we’ve had much more recognition and attention from radio stations and promoters. This was a great time for us to capitalize on the moment by seizing the opportunity.

“There is a goal to stay away from being cookie-cutter. We’re trying to round out a commercialized sound with a sense of taste and creativity. We feel as though the vast array of sounds and styles, from metal to alternative rock, will go a long way for how this record is received.”

– Dave Gorman, FallRise

Check out FallRise for their release show at Ace of Spades on May 3. Tickets are $12 - $25; doors open at 6 pm. For more info, visit Facebook.com/ fallriserock.

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All Things Holy!

Holy Ghost! grows in confidence on the strength of Dynamics Words James Barone

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ew York City’s Holy Ghost! (consisting of Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser) is one band that’s keeping the spirit of the dance floor alive and well. For proof of this, go see the band in person. Whereas some electronica-tinged groups have the onstage charisma of watching your iTunes spit out songs on shuffle play, Holy Ghost! has an infectious energy that rouses even the most jaded showgoers into an undulating mass of humanity.

With a sound that harks back to some of the more progressive and futuristic music of the ‘80s, and a light show to match, Holy Ghost! has been touring on the strength of their most recent album (2013’s Dynamics for DFA) on and off for almost a year, according to Frankel. The group first made a splash with their first single, “Hold On,” which was released in 2007 and later appeared on their debut, self-produced, eponymous album four years then (also for DFA).

Dynamics once again saw Frankel and Millhiser at the helm production-wise; however, this time around, with the experience of their first album behind them, the duo had a better idea of what they could get out of the studio.

“The first time around we had our minds mostly focused on getting the drums sound or figuring out how to get the keyboards that we wanted,” Frankel, Holy Ghost!’s vocalist/lyricist said in a recent interview. “It freed up a little headspace for songwriting as opposed to just concentrating on sounds and stuff.”

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This bolder mindset translated into more adventurous songwriting, Frankel said.

“On the first record, we wanted to have a long song like [“Dumb Disco Ideas,” which appears on Dynamics], but it never really happened,” he explained. “We were able to go where we wanted to go this time. We were able make the pop songs more pop or long and disco-structured. For some reason it was more facilitated. It might have been technical stuff. I don’t know exactly, but the first time we were just figuring it out, so everything was a battle.”

Frankel did go on to say that their greater confidence in the studio didn’t make the recording of Dynamics effortless. There were some missteps along the way; however, the band was able to more fully realize their ideas on their sophomore release.

“I’m making it sound like we were like, ‘Let’s do a long disco song,’ and then we did it in a day,” he said. “It was still a battle, but it was a lot easier to set out on goals and stuff…not that they all turned out well. There was plenty of stuff that was crap, but we were able to go down a road for a day and pretty quickly come to a decision. The first record, we might have to spend a longer time getting the backbone of the song.”

This growing confidence can certainly be seen on the band’s current tour. In the following interview, Frankel tells us how the live show has had a positive effect on his maturation as a vocalist and why he finds David Byrne of Talking Heads to be such a big inspiration.

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You were talking about the song “Dumb Disco Ideas.” Was the title a tongue-in-cheek sort of thing? Like, was it crazy to even try putting together an 8-minute disco song?

[Laughs] No, it was the name of the file that Nick sent to me as a demo. It was a bass line and the drums. The reason we seem to title stuff things that are really hard to remember at times is because we got this email and that’s just what became the name of the song, which is a lot of times how we name songs.

I heard that you came up with the band name at the last second, too.

We had our first single, “Hold On,” that was going to come out on DFA, and Nick had been listening to The Bar-Kays’ song, “Holy Ghost,” and if you looked in the lyrics in the record’s sleeve, it was printed with an exclamation point, and it looked really cool with that, so we were like, it’s not bad, it’s not great…

It must be tough to settle on a band name…

Yeah, I think we got off easy finding a name like that. Sometimes with your friends, you’ll really like their band, and then they come up with a name that’s, like, painful.

Any time I hear something that’s dance-y, I wonder if it’s more difficult to get your ideas across lyrically when the groove of the music seems to take precedence.

No, I mean, with our remixes and maybe some of the songs we do, the music is intended to be played in a dance club; but when we’re writing, we’re not really writing for dance floors. I think people will be able to dance to it, but they’ll also be able to listen to it at home. Some of my favorite songs, music and vocalists are relatively dance. Whether it’s Talking Heads or something like that, I never felt constrained by the groove or whatever.

Are Talking Heads one of the bands that had a big influence on you?

I think me more than Nick for Talking Heads. I’m not a trained singer or anything like that, so when I was 16 or 17…I was like, wow, there’s another guy who can’t really sing, and he has a band, so that’s really encouraging.

“I’m not a trained singer or anything like that, so when I was 16 or 17…I was like, wow, there’s another guy who can’t really sing, and he has a band, so that’s really encouraging.”

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David Byrne? Yeah, he can’t really sing a lick, but there’s a long tradition of great lead singers who can’t really sing, like Lou Reed…

Yeah, there’s a long history, but my mom was really against those kinds of singers growing up.

Like, there was no [Bob] Dylan allowed in the car growing up. She was like, “If you can’t sing, you don’t belong on the radio.”

You’re not a trained singer, but your voice sounds really good on Dynamics. Were you feeling more confident this time around?

Do you feel like you’re coming into your own as a vocalist?

Yeah, for sure. I think touring a lot, I’ve gotten a lot more comfortable that way—playing tons and tons of shows over the last few years and getting comfortable with the range.

Before, you mentioned remixes. What got you into doing those? Were you always interested in that kind of thing?

We wanted to get into remixes because we were buying them. We were starting to DJ, and we were buying early dance stuff…and early disco. Our friends had something coming out and asked if we’d liked to remix it, and we were really psyched to do it. That was the first one we did, and we took it super seriously and spent three weeks on it. We treat them like our songs, basically. They’re like making our own songs, but a little bit of the pressure is off because the vocals and lyrics are done, and we just focus on the dance part of it.

Being a songwriter yourself, does it affect the way you work with someone else’s material?

We always tell people that we’re not going to guarantee that we’re going to keep any of the elements of the song. Oftentimes, we just scrap 95 percent of the song…or sometimes we only need to scrap 10 percent of the song. For us, there’s no real rule as to how we’ll go about it.

Ideally if there’s a vocal, the vocal will be good enough for us to keep. It’s a really subjective thing. Some people might really love the vocal, but it doesn’t work for you. We get hired to do what we would like. There’s already an existing version that people have had their way with. We just kind of do whatever we would like. We buy a lot of records, would we buy it? That’s kind of the litmus test for us. Did we do a good job? If both of us can agree that we would buy it, that’s how we know.

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4.21 Monday

Ace of Spades The 1975, 6:30 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Open Mic Variety Night, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m.

Marilyn’s Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5 p.m.

Press Club The After Life, Would be Train Robbers, Sea Legs, 9 p.m.

4.22 Tuesday

The Blue Lamp Poke Da Squid, Backseat Lovers, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Antikythera, Megaton Leviathan, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar The Royal Jelly, 9 p.m.

LowBrau Le Twist Tuesdays feat.

WL, Sam I Jam, Adam J, Roger Carpio, 9 p.m.

Marilyn’s Greatest Stories Ever Told: Classic Rock and Blues Review, 8 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Rock On! Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Shady Lady Radio Days (20s, 30s & 40s Radio Music) w/ Shaun Slaughter, 9 p.m.

Shine Open Jazz Jam hosted by Jason Galbraith, 8 p.m.

Toby Keith’s Open Mic Night, 7 p.m.

Torch Club Chris Twomey, 5:30 p.m.; Debut Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

4.23 4.24 Wednesday

thursday

Ace of Spades Pennywise, Teenage Bottlerocket, FFG, Ballistic Burnout, 6:30 p.m.

Assembly Through The Roots, New Kingston, Steppas, 6:30 p.m.

Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m.

The Boardwalk Leaders, Reformers, With Wolves, Havenside, Shorelines, Coventry Square, Calista Sky, 6:30 p.m.

Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m.

Crest Theatre Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 7 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Open Mic hosted

by Zac Rome and Sandy Nuyts, 7 p.m.

Fox & Goose Northern Soul!, 8 p.m.

G Street WunderBar Funk Night Dance Party w/ DJ Larry (Flower Vato), 10 p.m.

Harlow’s Mac Russ, Tony Galioto, Surface Tension, Stanley and the Family, 6 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Marilyn’s Self Proclaimed, The Verge, Brother Love and The Breakups, 9 p.m.

Midtown BarFly EyeHateGod, Sabertooth Zombie, Lecherous Gaze, Augurs, Plague Widow, 8 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Antagonizer, Warnrv, One More Last Try, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen A KDVS Fundraiser DJ Showcase w/ DJs Tim Matranga, Boris, B00 Radley, Douglas Fur, 8 p.m.

Shady Lady Jim Frink, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Peter Petty and his Double P Revue, 9 p.m.

University Union Serna Plaza, CSUS Nooner feat. Sacramento State Latin Jazz, 12 p.m.

Ace of Spades The Dandy Warhols, The Warlocks, 7:30 p.m.

Assembly Gondwana, La Noche Oskura, 8 p.m.

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Happy Hour Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Miss Mouth Peace, Chiany, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Pat Travers, Riff / Raff (AC/DC Tribute), Long in the Tooth, Kory Gibbs, 7 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

The Coffee Garden Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.

District 30 John Beaver, 10 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Chicken & Dumpling, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s ZOSO: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience, 8 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Marilyn’s Direct Divide, The Chick P’s, Vanishing Affair, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides Timothy James, Everett Coast, GWAMBA, 8:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Chris Gardner, 10 p.m.

Shady Lady Afterlife, 9 p.m.

Shine Dr. Rock & The Stuff, Whetherman, 8 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Charlie Worsham, Jackson Michelson, Georgia Rain, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Mind X Quartet, 5 p.m.; Dippin Sauce, 9 p.m.

Witch Room Poppet, Genius, Michael RJ Saalman, 9 p.m.

4.25 Friday

Ace of Spades Drive-By Truckers, Shovels & Rope, 7 p.m.

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Assembly Drop City Yacht Club, Lil Bit, Richard The Rockstar, Hunnid P, Lingwiztiks, 1st Place, D-Wreck, 6:30 p.m.

Back 9 Bar & Grill ReLion, Jeffry (of Riotmaker), Jayson (of Humble Wolf), 8 p.m.

Bar 101 Saralyn Adkins, Emily O’Neill, 9:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Frankie Boots & the County Line, Dry County Drinkers, Acoustic Noir, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Heat of Damage, A Mile Till Dawn, Ostrich Theory, Simpl3jack, Crow Canyon, Empire of Dirt, Amour, 7 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Pesado, 9 p.m.

Capitol Garage Dub Culture w/ DK Wokstar, DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m.

Center for the Arts Pesado, 9 p.m.

Club Car The Hopheadz, 9 p.m.

The Colony Lecherous Gaze, Rat Damage, New Wars, 8 p.m.

District 30 DJ Billy Lane, 10 p.m.

Fox & Goose Andrew Castro, Emily Kollars, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s Marsha Ambrosius, 9 p.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden Circle Takes the Square, Loma Prieta, Leer, So Stressed, 8 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Martin Purtill, Calling Tempo, 8 p.m.

Marilyn’s Jenn Rogar Band, Mike Justis Band, Tamara Phelan Trio, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides William Mylar, 5 p.m.; The Christian Dewild Band, Stoneberry, Swahili Passion, Kyle Tuttle, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Take Out, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Cover Me Badd, 9:30 p.m.

Shady Lady Skeriks Bandalabra, 9 p.m.

Shine Goldener, Wiving, SIN, 8 p.m.

Sidetrax DJ Larry Rodriguez, 10 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Bella Donna (Stevie Nicks Tribute), 8:30 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Kaye Bohler, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall The Chamber Music Society of Sacramento, 7:30 p.m.

Witch Room N.123 Group Vision, Mormon Crosses, Vasas, 9 p.m.

4.26 Saturday

Assembly Arden Park Roots (CD Release), Indubious, Riotmaker, Kayasun, 8:30 p.m.

Back 9 Bar & Grill A Mile Till Dawn, Once An Empire, The Brotherhood of Ellipsis, 8 p.m.

Bar 101 J*Ras, Massive Delicious, 9:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp SIN, Tipsy Hustlers, One Sharp Mind, Clutter Family Singers, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Domz, Jay Kemp, A Mac, Litt Mobb, Young GO, Arthur Hayward, CaliRep, J.Y., Yung Sam, 7 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Billy Ray Cyrus, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Feel Good Saturday’s w/ DJ Epik, 10 p.m.

Club Car The Bathtub Gins, 9 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Sandy Nuyts, 8 p.m.

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Fox & Goose Be Brave Bold Robot, The Royal Blue, Simon Pure, 9 p.m.

G Street WunderBar Dangermaker, Tremorlow, Everyone is Dirty, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Kevin Russell’s Cream of Clapton, 5:30 p.m.; Trentino, 9 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe The Temptations, 7:30 p.m.

KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Guest DJs, 9 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe David Houston & String Theory, 9 p.m.

Marilyn’s Joe Friday, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides Rebel Punk, The Brody’s, Black Cat Grave, 9 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge Devin Lucien, DJ Peeti V, 10 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Spazmatics, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Chris Gardner, 10 p.m.

Shady Lady Golden Cadillacs, 9 p.m.

Shine Set Theory 916, Party On High Street, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Dank Ocean, Trails and Ways, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge City of Vain, Shove It, Rat Damage, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Johnny Guitar Knox, 5:30 p.m.; Walking Spanish, 9 p.m.

Witch Room DJ Rock Bottom, 8 p.m.

4.27 Sunday

Ace of Spades Julieta Venegas, 7 p.m.

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Assembly Beware of Darkness, The Soft White Sixties, The Hungry, The Baddest Beams, 7 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Get Down to the Champion Sound w/ DJ ESEF, Juan Love, Ras Matthew and Guests, 9 p.m.

Broderick Roadhouse Karaoke w/ DJ Jazcat, 9 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Live Band Karaoke, 5 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 9 p.m.

Center for the Arts Sarah Jarosz, 7:30 p.m.

The Colony Outside Looking In, Crude Studs, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Dive Bar Thunder Cover, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Matt Andersen, 7 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub The Bad Catz, 3 p.m.

Press Club Hatchet, Cellador, Diamond Plate, 6 p.m.; Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Chad Bushnell, 2 p.m.

Shady Lady Double P Review, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Big Sticky Mess, 8 p.m.

4.28 Monday

The Blue Lamp A House For Lion, Wooden Ways, Light Skinned Creole, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Millionaires, AG, Lilly Love, Jaded Jesse, Internet Friends, Zach Van Dyck, ONFC, Sierra Skyline Throwback, J Kent, AJ Wesley, 7 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Open Mic Variety Night, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m.

Press Club Stalking Distance, Dead in Seconds, Bleed By Example, 8 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Empyrean Ensemble: Tribute to D. Kern Holoman, 7 p.m.

4.29 Tuesday

The Blue Lamp Violet & the Undercurrents, Delta City Ramblers, Six Mile Station, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Bastards of Young, The Damage Done, Dead Dads, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar The Charleee Trio, Guero, 9 p.m.

LowBrau Le Twist Tuesdays feat.

Sam I Jam, Adam J, Roger Carpio and guests, 9 p.m.

Marilyn’s Sneaky Pete & The Secret Weapons, 8 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Rock On! Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Press Club Amigo the Devil, Devils Train, Zach Kincaid, 8 p.m.

Shine Open Jazz Jam hosted by Jason Galbraith, 8 p.m.

Toby Keith’s Open Mic Night, 7 p.m.

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Torch Club Hans Eberbach, 5 p.m.; Island of Black and White, 9 p.m.

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Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m.

Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Open Mic hosted

by Zac Rome and Sandy Nuyts, 7 p.m.

Fox & Goose Northern Soul!, 8 p.m.

G Street WunderBar Funk Night Dance Party w/ DJ Larry (Flower Vato), 10 p.m.

Golden Bear Wes Anderson Night w/ Shaun Slaughter, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s The Diva Kings, Mandolin Avenue, Out of Place, 6 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Marilyn’s Bump Day Wednesday w/ The Bumptet & Friends, 8 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Amb Pirate’s B-Day Show w/ Moon Mantis, Blue Oaks, Kally O’Mally, James Anderson, 8 p.m.

Press Club Dad Punch, Rock N Roll Suicides, Mos Likely, Shoujo Kitten, 8 p.m.

Shady Lady Harley White Jr., 9 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Junk Parlor, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Sachal Vasandani, 8 p.m.

University Union, CSUS Cinco De May Celebration w/ B-Side Players, Jay Cruz, 5 p.m.

Thursday

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Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Alt/Recluse, Constellations, Tribe of Levi (CD Release), 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Local Rock Showcase: Arminus, Induction, Failed Diplomacy, 7 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

The Coffee Garden Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Marty Cohen & The Sidekicks, 8 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden Pregnant, Technicolor Hearts, Eliza Rickman, 8 p.m.

Marilyn’s For Sayle, The Royal Jelly, Blue Oaks, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Sandy Nuyts, 10 p.m.

Shady Lady Tessie Marie, 9 p.m.

Shine Chikading!, Lords of Outland, Delayed Sleep, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Mind X Quartet, 5 p.m.; Jeremy Norris, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Freeborn Hall Holy Ghost!, GLSS, 7:30 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Sachal Vasandani, 8 p.m.

UC Davis: Yocha Dehe Grand Lobby Keyboard Festival: UC Davis Baroque Ensemble, 12 p.m.

Ace of Spades Ty Dolla $ign, Joe Moses, Mila J, Playah K, Mark Snipes, 7 p.m.

Assembly Fortunate Youth, True Press, Street Urchinz, Los Rakas, 7 p.m.

Back 9 Bar & Grill Revolver (Rage Against The Machine tribute), Walking Tall, 8 p.m.

Bar 101 The Pressure Lounge, 9:30 p.m.

The Boardwalk The District, Jess Hackett, DMC, DayOnTay, Sincere, Cherish, Erick & Roddy, 7 p.m.

Capitol Garage Dub Culture w/ DK Wokstar, DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m.

Center for the Arts Johnny Clegg Band, Jesse Clegg, 8 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Plaza Concerts In the Park Series Kick-Off feat. ZuhG, The Nickel Slots, IdeaTeam, Rock & Rhyme, 5 p.m.

The Colony Napalm Koopa, Final Decay, Keep it from the Cops, El Dorado Saloon Total Recall, 8 p.m.

Fox & Goose The Neighbors, Scott Jeppeson, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s David Wilcox, 6 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Sammy Hagar, 7:30 p.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden Alto!, Swimming In Bengal, Buk Buk Big Ups, 8 p.m.

Marilyn’s You Front the Band Live Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides William Mylar, 5 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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Powerhouse Pub Radar Love, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Nathan Owens Band, 9:30 p.m.

Shady Lady Crescent Katz, 9 p.m.

Shine Red Light Radical, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge SWIM, Race to the Bottom, Zen Arcadia, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Solsa, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall Keyboard Festival: Baroque Concerti, 7 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Sachal Vasandani, 8 p.m.

Witch Room Teen, Young Aundee, 8 p.m.

5.03 Saturday

Ace of Spades Fallrise, Tallboy, Madison Avenue, Dimidium, Misamore, Grave Shadow, 6:30 p.m.

Assembly S.O.S. w/ King Dev, Lita XO, God Gang, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Simple Creation, 9:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Scratch Outs, Keyzer Soze, The Debonaires w/ Nina Cole & Francing E, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Girl on Fire, Hit & Run, Pushing the Sun, State Line Empire, Overwatch, Average League, 7:30 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino En Vogue, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Feel Good Saturday’s w/ DJ Epik, 10 p.m.

Center for the Arts Michael Nesmith, 8 p.m.

District 30 Miles Medina, 10 p.m.

Fox & Goose Too Much Fiction, The Boneyard Rattlers, 9 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Sammy Hagar, 7:30 p.m.

KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Guest DJs, 9 p.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden The Kelps, 8 p.m.

Marilyn’s Cinco de Mayo Celebration, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides Lipstick 14 Year Anniversary Party! w/ Tremor Low, Shaun Slaughter, Roger Carpio, 9 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Peeti V, 10 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Nunchuck Taylor, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Nathan Owens Band, 10 p.m.

Shady Lady Zorelli, 9 p.m.

Shine Groovin’ High, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Noothgrush, Amarok, Lycus, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Delta City Ramblers, 5:30 p.m.; Kevin Russell, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, 7 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Sachal Vasandani, 8 p.m.

Witch Room FFFREAK w/ Plaza, Loose Shus, DJs Crookone, Ben Johnson, Boogalicious, Zack Shaw, 8 p.m.

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The Blue Lamp Get Down to the Champion Sound w/ DJ ESEF, Juan Love, Ras Matthew and Guests, 9 p.m.

Broderick Roadhouse Karaoke w/ DJ Jazcat, 9 p.m.

Cafe Colonial The Enlows, The Lymbs, Thomas Hatch and Super Potion, 4 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 9 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Toad the Wet Sprocket, Tommy and the High Pilots, 7 p.m.

LowBrau Wunderbar Day Party w/ Crookone, Shaun Slaughter, Adam Jay, 12 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Tom Kelty, 3 p.m.

Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Buck Ford, 2 p.m.

Shady Lady Alex Jenkins, 9 p.m.

Southside Park Fiesta En La Calle Cinco de Mayo Festival feat. Malo, Sacred Fire Band, Dinorah & Crosswinds, InnerSoul, 12 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Haunted Horses, Grill Cloth, So Stressed, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Mind Club, 8 p.m.

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Assembly GZA, Tel Cairo, Agustus ThElefant, The Gatlin, Dre T, 7 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Open Mic Variety Night, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m.

Comedy Center for the Arts Colin Quinn’s Unconstitutional, May 1, 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre Paul Reiser, April 26, 7:30 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Ngaio Bealum, Alec Hamlin, hosted by Steve - The Ultimate Firehouse Chef, April 24, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Mike E Winfield, Rico the Great, May 1, 8:30 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Rob Little, Jose Sarduy, April 25 27, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Eric Blake, Anderi Bailey, May 2 4, Fri., 10:30 p.m.; Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Open Mic Comedy, every Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Keith Lowell Jensen’s Comedy Night, every Wednesday, 8 p.m.

Punchline Comedy Club The Nines and Tens, April 23, 8 p.m.

“Little Esther” Povitsky, Greg Edwards, April 24 - 26, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.

Lance Woods and Friends, April 27, 7 p.m.

RetroCrush Comedy Boombox, April 30, 8 p.m.

Adam Ray, Conor Kellicutt, Mark Serritella, May 1 - 4, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Spot Open Mic, Sunday’s and Monday’s, 7:30 p.m.

Spot-On Trivia: The Comedy Pub Quiz, Tuesday’s, 8 p.m.

Harold Night Long Form Improv Comedy, Wednesday’s, 8 p.m.

Gag Order, Thursday’s, 8 p.m.

Improv Jam, Thursday’s, 9 p.m.

Anti-Cooperation League, Saturday’s, 9 p.m.

Test Kitchen, Saturday’s, 10:30 p.m.

Tommy T’s LaVell Crawford (Huell from Breaking Bad), April 24 - 27 Craig Shoemaker, May 2 - 4 Open Mic Night, May 5, 7:30 p.m.

Tower Theatre (Roseville) California Improv Festival, May 2 - 4

Misc.

6th and W Streets SactoMofo 7: Food Truck Festival, Live Music, Beer Garden, April 26, 11 a.m.

2020 J Street Midtown Farmers Market, every Saturday, 8 a.m.

24th Street Theatre Firebirds: An African Inspired Ballet, April 25 - 27 Blue Cue Bar Bingo, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Naughty Trivia!, every Wednesday, 8 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, every Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Jason Latimer: World Champion of Magic, May 4, 3 p.m., 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Center for the Arts Michael Nesmith’s Movies of the Mind West Coast Tour, May 3, 8 p.m.

Clarion Inn Sacramento BanjoRama 2014, May 1 - 4 Crocker Art Museum Jules Tavernier: Artist and Adventurer, through May 11 Fairytale Town Family Fun Fest, April 26, 5:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesday’s, 7 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Local Celebrity Entertainment Night w/ Comedian Eric Blake, Singer Tone Malone, Saxophonist Shawn Ralford, Singer Carla Lawrence, Poet Terry Moore, May 2, 8 p.m.

Luigi’s A Slice of Trivia w/ the Bruce Twins, Monday’s, 8 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, Thursday’s, 8 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Salsa Lessons, every Wednesday, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

Press Club Flex Your Head Trivia, Tuesday’s, 8 p.m.

Roseville Utility Exploration Center Celebrate the Earth Festival, April 26, 10 a.m.

Sacramento Convention Center Health Care Vendor Fair & Expo, April 24, 4 p.m.

Shine Red Alice’s Poetry Emporium hosted by Bill Gainer, April 23, 8 p.m.

Sleep Train Arena Sacramento Swap Meet, April 26, 6 p.m.

Tower Theatre Spike and Mike’s Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation, April 24, 7:30 p.m.

University Union Ballroom, CSUS Magic Show w/ James Galea (of Band of Magicians), April 24, 7:30 p.m.

University Union Gallery, CSUS Undiscovered California, April 28 May 22; Reception, May 1, 6 p.m.

West Sacramento Community Center May the Fourth Be With You, May 4, 10 a.m.

Various Downtown Venues Sacramento International Film Festival, April 26 - May 4

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If audience speculation and critical over-evaluation hasn’t signed the premature death warrant for Transcendence, then the relentless Hollywood machine has, by requiring nearly all of its current productions to be CGI-fueled visual feasts appealing to every possible market.

And so follows the main spoiler: Transcendence is not one of those films. It is a relatively small, capable debut feature toying with big ideas, yet sold as a mind-blowing blockbuster from a genius filmmaker. That being said, it’s not nearly as disappointing an experience as the current ratings might have you believe. In another era, perhaps the ‘70s, production limitations and a preblockbuster era mindset might have worked in its favor, allowing it to focus on the more profound implications of its plot. Instead, the story takes some dampening from its need to wow us with digital effects and star power.

We start out in the aftermath of a worldwide incident in which nearly all electricity has been wiped out. Former artificial intelligence researcher Max Waters (Paul Bettany) wanders through the overgrown ruins of suburban Berkeley, where food is bartered for and computer equipment is used for doorstops. This glimpse into a “post-Internet society” then flashes back about half a decade to the present, where Max is following the research of his best friends Will (Johnny Depp) and Evelyn Caster (Rebecca Hall), a husband and wife team with a formidable collective IQ and high hopes to further the possibilities of A.I. For Evelyn, this means making the world a better place; for Will, this means understanding it completely. As the old movie trope goes, high intelligence is often accompanied by a fierce streak of childish irrationality; the couple is working with a near-sentient computer called P.I.N.N., and in their blind pursuit of progress, are pushing their research irresponsibly close to the technological singularity (the point at which computers will surpass humans in intelligence).

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In this intriguing section, Evelyn becomes increasingly disturbed by her husband/operating system’s ruthless efficiency and apparent coldness (imagine 2001’s HAL superimposed with Depp’s lifeless stare), and engages in an internal debate about the ethics of her project. Here the plot benefits from some of the paranoid energy that made the works of Michael Crichton (Andromeda Strain, Prey) so addictive. Will begins using the nanobots as a communicable virus that can repair organic and inorganic material, induce superhuman strength, and download itself into people’s minds.

On the other, more run-of-the-mill end of the spectrum is the story of two FBI agents (Cillian Murphy and Morgan Freeman) who mostly stand around looking confounded and helpless while trying to investigate the strange goings on at Evelyn’s desert facility.

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The first time I ever heard Schoolboy Q, the carefully engineered layers of sound; hard, grimy beats; and clever, calculated, albeit gangsta-boasting ghetto rhymes pricked up my hooped ears and got me saying, “Turn that shit up.”

I soon after downloaded his newly released third album, Oxymoron, and it immediately took up residence as a mainstay in my rotation. Every song on the album holds its own, while in its entirety it is a hip-hop masterpiece. Perhaps my favorite track, “Prescription/Oxymoron,” is a haunting, depressing laundry list of calls missed and pills popped. Periodically, the sweet voice of a little girl punctuates the trippy, sleepy cadence to ask, “What’s wrong, Daddy? Wake up, wake up.”

On Oxymoron, released by Top Dawg Entertainment and Interscope Records, Schoolboy Q collaborates with Jay Rock; Tyler, the Creator; 2 Chainz, Kendrik Lamar, Raekwon, Kurupt and BJ the Chicago Kid. It debuted at No. 1 on the charts, and many critics are calling it the album of the year. If you’re in the dark and aren’t already nodding your head in indisputable agreement, then as soon as you finish devouring this issue, you best be doing yourself a favor and googling it, biotch.

Schoolboy Q, born as Quincy Matthew Hanley, got his name from being known as both an academic and a hood, a duality that is clearly expressed in his lyrics and musical mood swings. Song to song and at times even mid-song, Schoolboy Q

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oscillates from cerebral to base subject matter. Raised in Los Angeles since he was three, Hanley was equally influenced

by East and West Coast hip-hop, but didn’t begin his rap career until 2007, when he turned away from a revolving door at the jailhouse and a life of drug dealing and gangs, in order to go ballsdeep into the studio.

When I found out Schoolboy Q would be paying a visit to the City of Trees to play two shows on Wednesday, April 9—an early show at Ace of Spades, and a late show at Assembly—my socks got wet. I opted to hit the early show at Ace, which also featured Isaiah Rashad, J.Sirius, and Audio Push.

The openers began promptly at 7 p.m.; my arrival was less prompt due to pregame tequila shots at my favorite bar, Elixir, and being ushered through a long line snaking up to will call. Since the show was sold out well before its date, the show attendees at Ace of Spades were thirsty for some good ass hip-hop, and crowded closely to the stage long prior to when the headliner took the mic. I slipped through the narrow paths between tipsy patrons, taking care not to spill my beer as the throngs ebbed and flowed, then posted up in an oh-so-awesome spot just as Audio Push took the stage.

Audio Push, also signed with Interscope Records, is a hip-hop duo from the Inland Empire. Oktane and Pricetag of Audio Push are best known for their hit, “Teach Me How to Jerk.” Their set was full of energy,

and the thick crowd returned their energy by bouncing synchronously to Audio Push’s rapid rhyming, thunderous beats and chill West Coast cadences. Also three albums deep, Audio Push is on the come up.

After they finished their set, there was a resounding response of cheering and a palpable building of anticipation swelling in the audience—then Schoolboy Q rolled out, diving right into his set full-force, and everyone threw their hands up.

Under the brim of his floral bucket hat, Schoolboy Q spit indefatigably for about an hour, never once losing the crowd or letting their hands drop. His set included hits from his new album such as “Studio,” “Collard Greens,” “Hell of a Night” and “Gangsta,” but he also busted out with some songs from his previous two albums, Habits and Contradictions and Setbacks.

Although Schoolboy spits some about how tight he is like rappers commonly do, much of the themes in his rhymes come from an introspective, autobiographical place with more meaning. His music makes it clear that music is the thing that saved his life and got him focusing on being positive, spending time with his daughter, and made him enough money to where street hustle lost its allure.

By the time Schoolboy Q ended the show, everybody was turnt up as fuck.

He was every bit as good live—in terms of delivering a spirited performance—as he is at creating immersive environments of exquisitely executed rap in the studio.

Schoolboy Q is certain to hold a place in hip-hop history as one of its best, and I’m already looking forward to his next album release and tour which are sure to freak the freckles off my face again.

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A sure thing, a safe bet—these concepts typically hold water. Death and taxes instantly come to mind.

But, in the restaurant world, even a sure thing can erode into disappointment, which was recently my experience with Lalo’s Restaurant, a Mexican restaurant tucked in the corner of a mini mall near Sacramento City College.

I first became acquainted with Lalo’s when some of the homies introduced me to it nearly 10 years ago. Its laidback style was comforting, the food proved tasty, the prices were reasonable and the menu boasted a selection of ingredients and dishes that I’d rarely seen in other Mexican joints—huitlacoche (corn smut) and flor de calabaza (squash blossom) quesadillas but namely, the molcajete.

The molcajete is the Mexican version of the mortar and pestle. But at Lalo’s, it’s a simmering volcanic eruption of meaty goodness that includes chicken, steak and chorizo, floating in a sea of spicy green salsa, topped with a glorious crown of mozzarella cheese and nopal (cactus) draped along the lip of the stone vessel. That evening I opted for the flor de calabaza quesadilla, but when my friend was presented with the molcajete, the sizzling pot of goodies, I knew I had not chosen wisely.

Noticing the food-lust in my gaze, he was nice enough to offer me a taste. A taste I never forgot.

Recently, when afforded the opportunity to revisit this humble abode of Mexican food delights, I regaled its qualities to my dining companion for the evening. Longing for that molcajete, I boasted. I bragged. I convinced. And so we went.

The restaurant was just as I remembered: Brightly painted walls in yellow and orange adorned with a smattering of Mexican art, and a trio of self-serve beverage dispensers with aguas frescas and horchata. And while you won’t find any cervezas or margaritas on the menu, there are plenty of other options like orange, carrot and beet juice, banana, mango and papaya milkshakes and Mexican Coca Cola in that familiar glass bottle.

At the counter, where it’s customary to place your order, but not required, as they do offer table service, my salivary glands were in overdrive. The menu is robust—tacos on the cheap at $1.25 a pop, tortas, quesadillas, sopes, enchiladas, burritos and tamales. But the abundance doesn’t end SubmergeMag.com

there because the selection of innards with which to fill your vessel of choice is plentiful. From the typical (grilled steak, pork, chicken, cheese, potato, mushrooms and beef brisket) to the adventurous (pork esophagus, beef head, tongue and tripe) there’s something for everyone.

I knew I had to have that molcajete, but faced with so many choices, I opted for their street tacos as an accompaniment and ordered two: carnitas and lengua.

As someone who has happily ingested lengua (that’s right kids, tongue), and who also judges every Mexican eatery by the quality of its carnitas, I joyfully placed my order. My homegirl from the barrio (OK, I can say that because she’s from East L.A.) decided to take on their chile relleno. By the way, her grandmother is from New Mexico where the real chile comes from—the Hatch chile, so she knows her way around a chile.

Our server greeted us with a tasty offering of homemade chips and a duo of fresh tomato salsa, a mild version and its spicy counterpart. When she returned with the goods, we dove in with gusto.

The tacos received mixed reviews—the carnitas stood up to any of the best in town, but the lengua, while tender, had morsels that were a bit too fatty.

Disappointed, but not discouraged, I took a few bites of homegirl’s relleno, which was accompanied by the requisite side, rice and beans. While I have experienced a few soggy, withered and bland chile rellenos in my time, this was simply unremarkable.

It wasn’t soggy, nor withered; to the contrary the chile still had a bit of bite to it, which I actually like, but it was smothered in a sauce that neither I, nor my companion, could place as Mexican.

But, this was quickly forgotten when that familiar bubbling cauldron of molcajete arrived at the table. The smoky aroma and the steam rising from its meaty contents excited me and I immediately recalled that moment all of those years ago when I looked across the table at my friend who devoured its soupy goodness with glee.

As soon as it hit my lips, I knew something was amiss. While it was good, it wasn’t great.

The meat was tender and the sauce still had that luscious, spicy flavor I remembered, but it had lost something. Or, rather, something had been added in abundance: salt. I had a few bites, and then sadly gazed at my companion, bagged up the remains and sulked to car.

Tagline Perhaps they were having an off night. And while I may give them another opportunity to impress my palate as they had done all those years ago, I suppose nothing is a sure thing in this world.

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the shallow end Moose may not be the most attractive animals in the animal kingdom—sure, they’re related (or something) to deer, but they certainly didn’t evolve the same foxy animal gene—but they do have their own distinct sort of beauty, as does any wild critter. I mean, sure, deer gracefully prance about, have big doe eyes (hey! I think that’s where we got the term from!) and those wonderful tawny brown coats, but the moose casts its own striking silhouette. First of all, they’re fucking huge. A male Western moose, for example, can reach almost 7 feet tall at the shoulder and weigh nearly 1,600 pounds. Secondly they’re sort of iconic: the word “moose” is just fun to say and is both singular and plural, which I think is really neat, and the species served as the inspiration for one of the most lovable characters in pop culture history, Bullwinkle (also fun to say). I understand the impulse, if one were to come in contact with one of these noble beasts in its natural habitat, to want to get a closer look. But, you know, the thing is a giant fucking wild animal, so that’s probably not the best idea.

You Mess with the Moose, You Get the Horns…er, Antlers

The Powells don’t agree with me. Bob and Janis of Belmont, N.H., were out snowmobiling in Jackson, Maine, when they happened upon what appeared to be a young bull moose on a snowmobile trail, according to Lt. Jim Juneau of New Hampshire Fish and Game in an article published on Unionleader.com. Janis captured the bucolic nature scene on video as she tailed behind Bob, when suddenly, the malicious moose stopped in its tracks and turned on the Powells. A short standoff ensued as Bob dismounted his snowmobile and backed away from the moose, who then charged. Bob retreated to Janis, who fired a warning shot with a handgun, and the couple watched, unharmed, as the moose trotted away.

In the description of the video the couple posted on YouTube, the Powells wrote, “Contrary to what some people think, we WERE NOT [sic] chasing this moose; it had come out onto the trail and we followed it expecting it to get off the trail any time, which always happens when coming across them. We are very respectful of wildlife.”

Respectful, yes, but not above packing heat when traveling through the wilderness.

The Powells also assert that they were not following too closely, but if you watch the video (like I did four or five times), it would appear that Bob is pretty much tailgating the feral creature.

But I guess “too closely” is a subjective term when dealing with gigantic wild animals. To me, too close would be within an acre of, but I was raised in a city and the largest creatures I ever encountered were dogs, and they were on leashes, and if they looked ornery enough, I’d still keep a wide berth, because they have sharp teeth and I don’t like bleeding.

The Powells seem to have a lot of experience with moose, though, because as they continued to say in their video description: “Moose are not afraid of snowmobiles and don’t act like this when we see them on the trail. We have never seen one be this aggressive and we see them all the time in this area.”

So I guess this moose was just a dick. I won’t pretend that I know what moose are and are not afraid of. I’m not a moose psychologist, but I do know snowmobiles are annoying. I know this because I watched the Powells’ video four or five times. They’re fucking loud. Not only are they loud, but they’re annoying—that constant

James Barone jb@submergemag.com whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr sound that they make.

Watching the video, I had to restrain myself from charging the computer screen. Now I’ve got to think that moose have better hearing than I do.

Just look at their ears…they’re a lot bigger than mine. Not only that, but they’re unsullied by the constant din of jackhammers and truck traffic and music blasting through ear buds and whatever else. They’ve got bears and wolves or whatever to worry about. They can probably hear a fox fart from 300 yards away, so the cacophony of a pair of snowmobiles must be, like, really, bro? REALLY? My favorite part of the video is when Janis fires her gun and the moose just kind of stares at them for a minute as if to say, “What?

That’s all you got?” before it heads back to its moose business.

The Powells close their video description with, “It left blood splatter and ticks all over the trail and we reported it to the Maine Warden Service. You’ll notice it’s looking pretty mangy. Poor bugger isn’t going to last too long.” But, you know, this just looks like more blaming the victim to me.

Bad form, Powells. Leave that moose alone!

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Dive into Sacramento & its Surrounding Areas April 21 – may 5, 2014

april 7 – 21, 2014

music + art + lifestYle

FallRise Finding a Balance West Sacramento Gets its Geek on May the Fourth

Tycho Pattern Recognition

#160 Schoolboy Q & Audio Push

Freak Ace of Spades

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Rings in 2014’s

Concerts in the Park Series Arden Park Roots

Burn the Midnight Oil

The Last Days of All-Ages shows at Luigi’s

Fungarden?

Sarah Marie Holy Ghost!

The Dynamic Duo

Hawkins Curating a Menagerie

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