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Sometimes when I read our editor James Barone’s words, I wonder if he’s a crazy wizard who’s the male version of me in a parallel universe. Seriously, when I read his latest feature on metal band Baroness, I could have swore he was taking all the thoughts straight out of my head: 1) Baroness is one of my favorite bands of all time, 2) I also got into them because of the artwork on their 2009 release Blue Record (Turns out all their album art is done by their lead singer who we interviewed, John Baizley. I didn’t have any room in the layout, so I’m just going to put that artwork right here).

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And 3) I too can listen to any Baroness album the whole way through and never get tired of it or even want to skip a single song. In the interview with Baizley it was also discussed that Baroness stands out on many festival line-ups that they play. With the upcoming Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, I couldn’t agree more that they stand out but in a majorly good way. When the lineup was first announced, Baroness was one of the bands that would push me into buying a ticket for this festival. That being said, we knew we had to feature Baroness early so that you can get your tickets to see them before the Aftershock sells out. Flip to page 18 and read up. Our other cover story is on Las Vegas band The Lique. You may recognize one of the members, Rasar, from several features from years past in Submerge. When we first started back in 2008 Rasar (then known as Random Abiladeze) was on the front cover of issue No. 7. From our first encounter with him up until this very day, I can easily say that he is one of the hardest working and most talented local musicians and he is constantly elevating his craft. Proof of that came when he would tour the country with local reggaefunk bands like ZuhG and then when he wasn’t afraid to move to Las Vegas, after being so established in Sacramento. Read up on page 26 about his new band The Lique and get the scoop on their latest album Democracy Manifest and then go catch them at Harlow’s on Sept. 30. We have other great features as well, like the one on local artist Diana Dich, who works with wire to create some amazing 3D art. See page 14. We also have a cool feature on the newest Selland family restaurant, OBO’. If Italian is one of your favorite foods like me, then this place is for you. Check out page 28! Enjoy issue #223, Melissa

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The 20th Annual Norcal Noisefest Is Back to Make Your Ears Bleed From Sept. 30–Oct. 2 Auditory adventures await, if you so choose. Every year experimental musicians from all over the nation (and even the world!) descend upon Sacramento for the annual Norcal Noisefest. Sometimes loud, sometimes quiet, often weird, Noisefest is not for the faint of heart. If you consider yourself an adventurous consumer of music and art, consider hitting up Luna’s Cafe on Sept. 30 or Cafe Colonial on Oct. 1 and 2 to partake in the 20th annual celebration of “sound art.” Groups like Uberkunst, Instagon, Big City Orchestra, Liver Cancer, Dental Work, Lords of Outland, Xome and so many others are eager to expand your mind. Tickets are just $10 per day, all ages are welcome and weekend passes are available at Norcalnoisefest.com, where you will also find a plethora of information on this year’s events, as well as a history of the festival and recordings from past shows. This year there are even two satellite shows, Sept. 29 at The Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco, and Oct. 3 back at Luna’s for a post-fest decompression gig. The all too common verse/ chorus/verse song structure can be damned, and the “millennial whoop” can go to straight to hell, because the Norcal Noisefest is back to remind us that music can and should be off-center, avantgarde and interesting. Long live the noise!

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In just a few short weeks we will be selecting the 45th president of the United States. As scary as that may be, given the candidates on deck this year, it is important to remember that we have fumbled through this before and will probably get a chance to do it again. That is, unless you vote for Trump and usher in a new era of Hell on Earth, but that’s on you. Learning about our former presidents can help us make informed decisions when selecting future presidents. By examining the lives of ex-presidents and comparing them to their achievements, we might even be able to figure out what we actually want and need in a president. In an effort to aid in this quest for knowledge, I’ve come up with this new installment series on former presidents that I’m calling Prez Play. Given that this is our first installment, I thought it best to start with our first president, George Washington. Before leading the Continental Army against the British during the American Revolution and becoming the first president of the United States, George Washington was a scalawag. He was a scofflaw and a scoundrel and all the other oldtimey disses ye can muster. Young George cut his teeth in the mean streets of London. He tried his hands at many trades only to fail at each one more spectacularly than the last. One of his jobs was as a barber. Unfortunately, Washington kept putting too much powder in people’s hair and his customers were leaving clouds in their wake that caused coughing fits at a time when cholera was already running rampant. Even with the lax standards of the day, Washington was quickly deemed a public nuisance and ask to vacate his barber chair for good. After his disastrous turn as a barber, Washington got a job chopping down trees. There is a myth out there about George Washington admitting to wrongfully chopping down a cherry tree instead of lying about it to escape punishment, but that's not really how it went down. Unsurprisingly, the story was sanitized after Washington was elected president in order to bolster his mythical status. In fact, the real story also reveals the falsity of another Washington myth: that he had wooden teeth. Washington got a job as a lumberjack in the summer of 1750 through a favor cashed in by his father. The old man had tried time and time again to help his son settle into a career, but this was George’s last shot. George was 18 years old and still didn’t have a trade. With life expectancy so low at the time, he only SubmergeMag.com

had about 10 more years to make his fortune. If he blew it this time, his father wouldn’t have any more favors left to cash in, leaving George all on his own. Washington began the job with great focus and drive. He was paid for each tree he felled and was soon clearing out large patches of forest single-handedly. But as time went on and his pockets grew fatter, Washington got greedy. He started cutting down trees outside of his area to claim extra money. He would have got away with it too if it weren’t for that one cherry tree. In his overzealous attempts to cash in big on the lumber trade, Washington cut down a prized cherry tree on the estate of the Earl of Sandwich. The Earl was furious and asked for Washington’s head to be sliced thin, topped with Swiss cheese and placed between two slices of sourdough bread slathered with mustard and mayo. Washington, seeing paintings of the beloved tree all over the Earl’s castle, knew his goose was cooked. He pleaded with Sandwich to spare his life and promised to repay him for the egregious attack on his fine tree. The Earl reluctantly agreed and allowed George to go free to raise the funds promised, but not before punching out all of Washington’s teeth to teach him a lesson. With no money, no teeth and a lot of cherries left over from the tree he was purchasing, George did what came naturally and began eating. The cherry pits began getting caught in his toothless maw and before long George had himself a full set of teeth. Washington patented the idea and tried to sell his “wooden” cherry pit teeth on the streets of London and had some success until his mouth and the mouths of his clients became infected from the teeth. In the end, Washington was sued by multiple people and ran out of the country with torches and pitchforks for the whole cherry tree/cherry pit fiasco. Ultimately, he came to America to escape his creditors and because he had nowhere left to go. Then, in true American fashion, he turned the whole thing into a story about what an honest man he was. And now you know that George Washington is full of crap! Keep an eye out for our next installment covering our country’s second president, John Adams, whom his friends lovingly referred to as, “that shit head.” It’s sure to be enlightening!

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Singer-Songwriter Marc E. Bassy Has Collaborated with G-Eazy, CeeLo Green, Wiz Khalifa and More, Now He’s Playing Sacramento State! • Oct. 6

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It’s always a treat when the good folks at UNIQUE Programs bring amazing national talent through town for concerts at Sacramento State. In the past they’ve booked such great acts as Friendly Fires, Circa Survive, Fun., Twenty One Pilots and countless others. This semester, their not-to-be-missed show features Bay Area native and songwriter for many stars, Marc E. Bassy. Bassy has penned hits for artists like CeeLo Green, Wiz Khalifa, Sean Kingston, Ty Dolla $ign and others, but in just the last couple years, he’s really started to shine on his own, especially on his latest release, the Groovy People EP, which features the single “You and Me” with a guest spot from none other than G-Eazy. “You and Me” has a whopping 77 million streams on Spotify and has charted in the United States, New Zealand, Australia and Sweden! Don’t miss your opportunity to see a star on the rise live and in person when Bassy plays here on Thursday, Oct. 6! Tickets are just $15 for the general public, and $10 for students, available now at Sacstateunique.com. The show takes place at Sacramento State’s University Union Ballroom at 7:30 p.m. Opening the concert will be local hip-hop crew Live Manikins and one of Sacramento’s best turntablists, DJ Rated R.

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Prolific Sacramento Musician Ross Hammond to Host Slide Guitar Workshop at Gold Lion Arts • Oct. 9 Playing slide guitar is difficult. Even seasoned guitarists will tell you that. So whether you play blues, folk, rock or anything in between, and whether you’re a newbie or a veteran, join local guitar guru Ross Hammond on Sunday, Oct. 9 for a slide guitar workshop to hone your skills. Hammond will cover proper tuning, techniques, acoustic versus electric slide playing, slide selection, lap versus bottleneck styles and he’ll even demonstrate by playing several tunes. All ages are welcome and he’s only asking for a $10 donation. You’re encouraged to bring a guitar, acoustic preferred. The workshop goes down at Hammond’s intimate performance space and music school, Gold Lion Arts, located at 2733 Riverside Blvd. in Sacramento. For more information on this workshop or other lessons—they also offer instruction for bass, drums, piano and voice—shoot an email to goldlionarts@gmail.com.

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The Magnificent Seven Rated pg-13 When Akira Kurosawa directed Seven Samurai in 1954, he had no idea how influential his tale of heroes inspiring regular folk to stand up to bullies would be. Followed by The Magnificent Seven in 1960, Battle Beyond the Stars in 1980, A Bug’s Life in 1998 and Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign in 2016, it’s a story we don’t get tired of seeing. Training Day director Antoine Fuqua’s new version of Mag 7 is an enjoyable addition to this legacy that isn’t the best attempt, but is a fun way to spend a couple hours for any western junkie. At 61 going on 40, the age-defying Denzel Washington shines as Sam Chisolm, a deadly gunslinger who’s recruited to save the town from evil gold baron Bartholomew Bogue (sleazily played by Peter Sarsgaard). In the opening scene, Bogue and his men burn down a church and kill innocent people who don’t want to sell their land for $20. He’s a good, understated bad guy who is believably motivated and doesn’t cross over into being a cartoon. The team of heroes Chisolm puts together is a diverse and fun bunch of dudes that includes Ethan Hawke as the marksman Goodnight Robicheaux, a Comanche warrior named Red Harvest played by Martin Sensmeier and a brilliantly bizarre bear of a mountain man brought to life by Vincent D’Onofrio, whose squeaky voice and husky frame chew up every scene he’s in. Lee Byung-hun (who played Storm Shadow in the G.I. Joe movies) is particularly good as an assassin, who wins a duel by throwing a knife into his opponent’s chest before he can even squeeze the trigger. If Suicide Squad was a western, and a good movie, you’d have The Magnificent SubmergeMag.com

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Steel Wire and Bologna Sandwiches with Artist Diana Dich Words Mollie Hawkins

fter creepy-stalking her website and wondering “How the heck does she do that with wire?!” I was nervous to sit down at Identity Coffees with artist Diana Dich as she unpacked her traveling art studio of sorts: a spool of thick wire (acquired at Home Depot), two sets of pliers and a yellow notebook filled with sketches and ideas. The ball of wire sat on top of the smooth wooden table like a snake, the end reaching up and poised to strike at Dich’s glass of iced tea at any moment. Unlike a scene from a Tim Burton movie, it doesn’t move—so I come to think of it like her trained pet; the wire bends when she wills it to. After all, she’s been training it for a decade now. A South Sacramento native, Dich says she always enjoyed painting and drawing, but she had her lightbulb moment when she was 15. “One day in art class, the teacher handed everyone a spool of wire and said, ‘Here, make 3D art,’ and I was really the only one that managed to make anything out of it,” she laughs. “I made a dad flying his kid like a kite—you know how

kids always want to fly? He was making his kid’s dream come true! Everybody took it the wrong way, though; everyone was like, ‘Why is the dad throwing his kid?’” This misunderstanding is a common theme within Dich’s work—dramatically rendered faces and figures that always hint at something below the surface, like a thought left unsaid. After quitting her two jobs and getting out of a toxic relationship that kept her from making art, Dich was inspired to channel her depression and inner turmoil into making her sculptures full-time. She said she spent every day at Insight, sitting and working for hours to create what would eventually be a series of all women’s faces and figures displayed on the walls surrounding her. “I used to just do men’s faces in my art, so that was the first time I decided to do women,” she says. “It was the first time I really opened up myself within my work. They looked kind of creepy, but it was the only way I could describe what was going on. It’s hard to put emotions into words sometimes.”

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One of Dich’s favorite pieces from that show at Insight, which she said epitomized her depression, was that of a woman’s face in the grips of two hands, surrounded by red paper flowers. “I planned to burn it in effigy,” she says, “but it sold before I could do it.” As with most creative people, Dich used art like therapy: it was there for her when she needed to work through whatever life problems came her way. One day, it was all taken away from her. She became physically ill to the point of losing her ability to walk or use her hands to make art. She says that the doctors misdiagnosed what was initially a minor infection that progressed rapidly into an advanced kidney infection. “I was in so much pain I couldn’t even move my thumbs, and my boyfriend had to physically pick me up and carry me to bed. That was one of my breaking points because I couldn’t do art for about four months,” she says, “I didn’t know what else to do. I didn’t know how to make a living.”

“I planned to burn it in effigy, but it sold before I could do it.” – Artist Diana Dich on one of her early wire sculptures. The sickness made her lose 20 pounds, and it took her months to build her strength back up to start walking and making art again. She admits that the first solid food she could eat was a childhood comfort: bologna and cheese on white bread. “It’s funny,” she says, “but that’s when I knew I was getting better—and I swear, one of these days I want to do a piece that is dedicated to bologna and cheese sandwiches.” And speaking as someone who also loves bologna and cheese sandwiches on questionable white bread, it would be a true delight. After healing from her sickness, Dich hit the ground running with exhibits. First she had work featured at Insight, then went on to have Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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pieces at Blackbird, the Art Hotel and 1810 Gallery for an all-women art show, where she met Mimi and some of the other gals from the Few and Far graffiti collective, and they became quick friends, which she admits is hard to do in a town where the art scene is mostly skewed toward men that don’t often take criticism very well. “There’s no ego there. We’re all just super honest with each other and the art scene and I respect that a lot. Sacramento has great potential.” In addition to the pieces she creates for her shows, Dich also makes jewelry and custom wire lettering, which can be purchased on her website. For her upcoming show at WAL, Dich hints that her pieces will have a style appropriate to the Halloween season. “It’ll be a lot of the creepier-style large 3D sculptures, and there will be some single-strand pieces as well,” she says. “I was really excited to go back to the style I started with. It’s going to be a great show.” SubmergeMag.com

And although her show hasn’t opened yet, she’s already eagerly plotting what her next pieces will look like. “I’m working on a Stranger Things-themed piece for a project,” she says, “and I want to do more of the silly ‘sad girl’ pieces. I’m going to make more jewelry, too.” Perhaps Dich’s most exciting upcoming project involves light. “I want to make light fixtures, too,” she says, like an excited student ready for the next challenge. “I studied abroad in Italy, and I remember walking around at night because it was so hot during the day, and I looked up and noticed the way the light caught this one particular fixture, it was like shadows Diana Dich’s wire works will be on display Oct. 7–Nov. 2 at the playing. It was WAL Public Market located at unintentional, I 1104 R St. in Sacramento. The think, but it was opening reception for the show is Friday Oct. 7, from 6–8 p.m. just really cool.” You can also find Dich’s work online Dianadich.com.

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should start this off by giving you full disclosure: Baroness has become one of my favorite bands … ever. I find it really difficult to be all impartial about them because their bludgeoning, yet beautifully melodic brand of progressive metal melts my face so damn hard. As such, I was stoked to get to interview Baroness frontman John Baizley this past week. But, you know, there’s always a caveat when you speak to someone whose work you really admire: They could be a total jerk. Luckily for me, and a growing number of Baroness fans out there, Baizley’s a swell dude, and he even enjoys talking to fans like me. The day after our interview, Baizley was set to appear at an exhibit of his artwork at The Convent, a new gallery in his hometown of Philadelphia, curated by his friend and Baroness’ roadie for nine years, artist Jeremy Hush. Baizley was looking forward to the event, not only to show off his intricate, somewhat mystical artwork, which has adorned the covers of each of Baroness’ albums, but also to get out and meet fans of the band and engage in meaningful dialogue. “This is sort of a slightly embellished version of a thing that we do about every other day on tour,” Baizley says of the art show at The Convent. “It’s something that our tour manager Victoria [Zanghi] and I have been doing for a couple of years on tour now in an effort to connect with fans in a way that doesn’t put a price tag on meeting me or anything like that. There’s no obligation to buy anything, and I can interact with fans in the afternoon when it’s not a show night and it’s not 12:30, I’m not exhausted, and nobody’s completely wasted.” Though the metal genre has been known to produce rock gods (a la Ozzy and Dio (R.I.P.)) who rightfully rule their frothing subjects from an elevated throne, Baizley says he likes that Baroness has been able to bridge the gap between performer and audience. “Part of what we built our career on is having a kind of dialogue with our audience, sort of demystifying the separation that can happen when you’re on a gigantic stage with a microphone and you’re just louder than everybody else,” he says. While they may be more egalitarian than their heavy music forebears, make no mistake: Baroness rules. The most recent evidence of this can be found in Purple, the band’s latest album and first on their own label, Abraxan Hymns, released in August 2015. In contrast to Yellow and Green, the band’s sprawling 2011 double album, Purple showcases the band at its most direct. It also introduces two new members into the fold, Nick Jost and Sebastian Thomson on bass and drums respectively, both of whom had a large impact on the band’s writing process. “Half the band changed,” Baizley explains. “That’s two huge new variables. The way we were writing songs had altered, whether it was audible or not, it was a very different process. And we were releasing it under our own record label, so there were all these new variables that all these people were going to have to digest, ourselves included.” Baroness also opted to enlist Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips and many others) as producer over John Congleton, who had produced the band’s previous two albums. But while some things changed, what remained was Baroness’ painstaking and stirring songwriting. In the following interview, Baizley discusses one of Purple’s most memorable songs as well as explains why the band enjoys playing festivals, like the upcoming Aftershock in Sacramento.

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You’ve got the Monster Energy Rock Allegiance in Chester, Pennsylvania, on Saturday … Yeah, whatever that is [laughs]. And you’ve got a couple festivals coming up, including the Aftershock in Sacramento … And the lineup in Sacramento is so much better than the thing we’re doing this weekend. Yeah, I know, you’ve got Tool headlining the day you’re playing. Tool, Slayer, Primus, Meshuggah, yeah! Count me in … That’s a pretty good lineup. I wish that was happening this weekend. Yeah, I didn’t want to say anything, but you seemed like a bit of a sore thumb at the Rock Allegiance thing—in a good way. We’re a sore thumb on a lot of festivals, trust me. You seem to play your share of festivals, though. Is that a live environment that the band enjoys, considering you like to connect to fans and stuff? Yeah, if it’s work, bring it on. That’s why we do these things. They put us in a position where we’re out of our element, and we really have to rely on the quality of our music and the strength of our performance if we’re going to get any reaction. There’s nothing that terrifies me more than essentially playing for the same sized room every night, and the same sized crowd who already knows every word … Bring the chaos on. Put me somewhere I think I don’t want to be. That’s the real test of your mettle. You can really tell if you’re in an unfamiliar audience whether or not your songs are good, because a massive crowd listening to something for the first

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time, it’s such a great bullshit detector. They just pick up on what’s working and what’s not immediately, and you can see it. For better or worse, you can see it. I got hip to your band at first because I got an email from a publicist about the Blue Record and I liked to cover artwork, so that made me want the check it out. You’re not the first person to tell me that. It was one of those instances where you could judge a book by its cover, because the artwork was amazing and the album blew me away. It’s one of the few albums I can listen to the whole way through and not realize I just sat down for however many minutes and listened to a whole album. We really take great pains to make sure that that’s a possibility. In this era of music … and look, I can make an argument for both sides. There’s a lot of people who’d like to call it a loudness war, and there’s also the new length of CDs, which differs 200 percent from LPs. What gets released as an album now, in the ‘70s it would have been a double. What we want to do is create compelling works that suit the format that we grew up and we’re accustomed to―you know, a 40 to 45 minute thing. I think that’s as much as you can reasonably ask from somebody.

It’s funny you say that, because the Blue Record was a big success for the band, and you followed that up with an actual double album, Yellow and Green. Given what you just said, was it difficult decision to just say, “Screw it, we’re just going to put out this gigantic record?” Yeah, so the place we were at mentally and musically during that period of time was a very productive time, but it also really saw us challenging what we thought of as our core sound and seeing if there was room to breathe there. So we wrote like 26 songs or something, and two albums of them were good enough to release. I think the concern with us was, “Well, if we just shelf the other half and wait to release them, they’re just going to fall by the wayside, because they may not be single album-worthy. They’re fresh for us now, so let’s just embrace how pretentious this idea can be.” When you guys were breaking down what your core sound was, what came out of that discussion? What did you settle on and was it what you expected it to be? I think what was the most curious thing to us was if we could write slightly different-style songs and keep

the impact there, keep the vision of the band, which was intentionally designed to adapt and change over the years. But we wanted to see if we could reach a little further than was probably good for us and still find ourselves in the songs. That’s what that record is. When we got the masters back, I think all of us were starting to build up this great defence for the backlash we expected, which didn’t come nearly as vehemently as we thought it would. So all of my amazing defenses in terms of what we did and why we did it, I never got to use them. It’s an argument I made up but never got to have … “Chlorine and Wine” is beautiful, and I think it’s the longest song on the album. I was wondering if you could talk about where that one came from. That’s actually one of the most interesting songs on the album. I actually wrote the main riff for that song in the studio while we were recording Red back in 2006, so that riff is 10 years old. And I never forgot it. Whenever I’d tried to turn it into a song with prior lineups, there was just disconnect. Like, sure that’s a cool riff, but it doesn’t really work … [but] I showed it to Seb [Sebastian Thomson], and he just knew what to do with it … It’s one of those songs that if you strip everything away, there’s a really simple country song chord progression underneath it. It lent itself pretty well to lyrics and melody. In order to keep that song moving along, we had to create a bridge

section that was really different from the first half of the song and then write an ending to it. For Purple, it’s the least standard songwriting in terms of structure and composition … It’s funny that you mention that it’s a country chord progression … A lot of our songs are. Yeah, that’s something I think I’ve always picked up on. Your songs are complex and heavy, but they almost feel like folk songs, like something you’d sing at a campfire with an acoustic guitar. One thing that I’d seen after 14 years of touring, I’ve been overwhelmed by those bands who had what I was calling the soccer stadium chant quality about them. Like, seeing Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium is a classic example: Everyone knows every word, because the words have been arranged in such a way that people connect with them, and the songs have enough space, enough breathing room that the audience can participate. And so I wanted to see if we were capable of songwriting at that level, and that song [“Chlorine and Wine”], every night, people started going ape-shit during the second half of that song. They didn’t even know the first couple of verses, but they know all the ending lines. It’s been really cool. The way I prefer to write songs is if it works on a piano or an acoustic guitar, if you can hack your way through it there, then you can add all the guitars and sound effects you want. Like I said, that just embellishes. That’s the easy part. Orchestrating is really easy if you’ve got a good song underneath it all.

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Issue 223 • September 26 – October 10, 2016

Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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9.26 Monday

Ace of Spades Carla Morrison, 7 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Harlow’s Steve Gunn & the Outliners, Nap Eyes, 7 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Heath Williamson and Friends, 6 p.m. Press Club Wing Dam, Starrsha, Misha Allure, 8 p.m.

9.27 Tuesday

Ace of Spades Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, JL, Starrz, Optimiztiq, GFN, 6 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Gaelic Storm, 6:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Navy Band Southwest: Destroyers, 7 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Rock On! Live Band Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. Press Club Tuesday Revival w/ Brendan Stone, 9 p.m. Torch Club Gavin Caanan, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, 8 p.m.

9.28 Wednesday

Ace of Spades Echo & The Bunnymen, Ester Drang, 7 p.m. Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. Blue Lamp Richie Ramone, The Moans, The Rollin’ Blackouts, 8 p.m. Cafe Colonial The Co Founder, Like Wine Like Water, Plots, Electric Snorkel, 8 p.m. Club Car (Auburn) The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Dive Bar Open Mic, 8 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ AAKnuff, 8 p.m. Harlow’s El Ten Eleven, Mylets, 7 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m. Press Club MILK, 10 p.m. Shady Lady Sonic Drift, 9 p.m. Shine Humpday Funk w/ The Bumptet, 8 p.m.

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Starlite Lounge Tengger Cavalry, Incite, Thought Vomit, Serpentera, 7 p.m. Torch Club Singer-Songwriter Showcase In the Round, 5:30 p.m.; Pomegranate, House of Mary, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, 8 p.m. University Union Serna Plaza, CSUS Nooner w/ Beyond Uranium, 12 p.m.

9.29 thursday

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. Badlands Walker and Royce, Mike Paz, Haitham, 9 p.m. Beatnik Studios Blues for the Stamp w/ The Blue Gaucho Project, 6 p.m. Blue Lamp Dusty Brown, Tha Fruitbat, Homo Erectus, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk Mistah Fab, 7 p.m. Cafe Colonial Beans on Toast, The Polyorchids, Dandelion Massacre, Sonder, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 10 p.m. Club Car (Auburn) Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. Crest Theatre Benise: Spanish Nights, 6:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. District 30 Coone, 10 p.m. Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Banjo Bones, 8 p.m. Laughs Unlimited James Garner’s Tribute to Johnny Cash, 8 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Matt Maher, Hannah Kerr, 7:30 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides We Are Your Friends w/ DJs Shaun Slaughter & Adam Jay, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Hired Guns, 9:30 p.m. Press Club Circus Runaways, Decipher, Live Manikins, 8 p.m. Shine Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas, Tancred, Be Calm Honcho, 9 p.m. Swabbies on the River Old Town Boys, 6 p.m. Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Matt Rainey and the Dippin’ Sauce, 9 p.m.

9.30 friday

Bar 101 Shota, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. The Glimpses, 3 p.m. Blue Lamp Frank Jordan, Pinnacles, Hatchet Job, 7 p.m. The Boardwalk Kurt Travis, Strawberry Girls, Amarionette, Lemix J Buckley, 6:30 p.m. Cafe Colonial Final Decay (Album Release), The Velisha, Get Out, Rotten Bits, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Fyah Fridays w/ DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m. Club Car (Auburn) Todd Morgan, 9 p.m. Crest Theatre Wiley Ray and the Big O Band: Roy Orbison Returns!, 7 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. District 30 Miles Medina, Gold Mozae, 10 p.m. Fox & Goose Hans & the Hot Mess, Beyond Uranium, 9 p.m. Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m. Gold Country Lanes (Sutter Creek) C.T. Locke: DJ, Sing & Dance, 6:30 p.m. H.Art Lounge Taylor John Williams, Benjamin Hecht, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Rituals of Mine (Formerly Sister Crayon), The Lique, James Cavern, 7 p.m. Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Aaron Lewis, 7:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House The Nickel Slots, 9:30 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Norcal Noisefest: Instagon, Mysterious Mutilations, Hay-Liebig Duo, Mind Arbor, Amy Reed, Skunt Puppet and More, 7 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Up With People Presents: The Journey, 7:30 p.m. Mix DJ Fashen, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Danny Morris and the California All-Stars, The Brangs, 50 Watt Heavy, 8:30 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Elements, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Inspector 71, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Spazmatics, 9:30 p.m. The Sacramento Gateway Summer Concert Series w/ Thunder Cover, 6 p.m. Sacramento State: Music Recital Hall Hot Club Faux Gitane, 7 p.m. Shady Lady Switchblade Trio, 9 p.m. Shine Sacramento Classic Jazz Messengers, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Genocide Skin, Modern Man, Wurm Flesh, 8 p.m. Swabbies on the River Caravanserai: A Tribute to Santana, 6:30 p.m. Thunder Valley Casino Resort Kenny Loggins, Air Supply, 7 p.m. Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Coffis Brothers, McCoy Tyler, 9 p.m. Toyota Amphitheatre Florida Georgia Line, Cole Swindell, The Cadillac Three, Kane Brown, 7 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall Bickram Ghosh’s Drums of India, 8 p.m.

10.01 Saturday

Ace of Spades Corey Smith, Luke Combs, 7 p.m. Bar 101 Farhead, 9:30 p.m. Blue Lamp Daisy Spot, The Proles, Pets, 7 p.m. The Boardwalk Highly Suspect, 6:30 p.m. Cache Creek Casino The Four Tops, 8 p.m. Cafe Colonial Norcal Noisefest: Uberkunst, Xome, Aume, Filthmilk, Liver Cancer, Vankmen, Overdose the Katatonic, Sharkiface, Dental Work, Depressive, Lords of Outland, Collision Stories and More, 2 p.m. Capitol Garage Feel Good Saturday’s w/ DJ Epik, 10 p.m. Center for the Arts Laura Marling, 8 p.m. Club Car (Auburn) Almost Live Duo, 8:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 Khalasic, Julian Pierce, 10 p.m. Fair Oaks VFW Madball, The Old Firm Casuals, Plead The Fifth, 7 p.m. Fox & Goose The Silent Game, Alex Walker, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Elizabeth Cook, 2:30 p.m.; Petty Theft (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers tribute), Tribe of the Red Horse, 8 p.m. Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, 7:30 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts Mavis Staples, 8 p.m. KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m. Kupros Craft House All the Pretty Songs, 9:30 p.m. McConnell Estates Winery (Elk Grove) Jeff Watson Band, 6:30 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Rocco & Steve McLane, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Lipstick! w/ DJs Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio, 9 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Peeti V, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Disco Revolution, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino BB Mckay and the Bumps, 10 p.m. Shine Honey B & The Cultivation, Michael Ray, Erica Ambrin Burnett, 8 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen The Sunday Slippers, 9:30 p.m. Starlite Lounge Hatchet, West Coast Fury, Unprovoked, Shadowgod, Nuke Em Dead, 7 p.m. Swabbies on the River Mick Martin’s Blues on the River w/ Pinkie & the Blind Resistance and Dennis Jones, 2 p.m. Thunder Valley Casino Resort Frankie Valli, Olivia Newton-John, 7 p.m. Torch Club Brandy Robinson, 5:30 p.m.; The Nibblers, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall Rising Stars of Opera: Members of San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows, UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m.

10.02 sunday

Ace of Spades Buckcherry, Hoobastank, Control, 7 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Crescent Katz, 3 p.m. Blue Lamp Good Vibes w/ DJ Nocturnal, 10 p.m. Cache Creek Casino McKenna Faith, 5 p.m. Cafe Colonial Norcal Noisefest: Big City Orchestra, Moe Staiano, Noisepalm, Chopstick, Mia Zabelka, Phog Masheen, Cher Von, Alphastare, Medicine Cabinet, SRC, Failure Cock, Burnt Dot and More, 3 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 9 p.m. Center for the Arts An Evening w/ Jackson Browne, 8 p.m. (Sold Out) Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Montana of 300, 6:30 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts 1940s Battle of the Big Bands: Glenn Miller vs Tommy Dorsey, 3 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 8:30 p.m. Orangevale Community Park Wolf Fest 2016: Uncle Kracker, Canaan Smith, Drake White, James Wesley, Trent Harmon, Fairlines, Mark Mackay, Auburn Road, 12 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Andy Santana, 3 p.m.; Wolf Fest After Party, 7 p.m. Press Club The Storytellers, MDL, Sowers of Dissent, 5 p.m.; Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Sacramento State: Music Recital Hall MOSAIC, 5 p.m. Swabbies on the River County Road 5, 3 p.m.

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10.03 monday

Blue Lamp The Devils Of Loudun, The Odious Construct, Kyntallah, 8 p.m. Crest Theatre Dave Rawlings Machine, 7 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Harlow’s Branches, Before The Brave, 6:30 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Norcal Noisefest Post-Fest Decompression Show: Doofy Doo, Mike & Joy, Bryan Day, Christine Richers, 7:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Heath Williamson and Friends, 6 p.m.

10.04 Tuesday

The Boardwalk Twiztid, Mac Lethal, Zodiac Imprint, Lex The Hex Master, Menace to Sobriety, God of Kaos, Mr?E, Killa Teeth, Charlie Muscle, 6:30 p.m. The Colony Riistetyt, xTomHanx, Class System, F.U.M.E., 8 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Golden 1 Center Paul McCartney, 8 p.m. Harlow’s MarchFourth!, 7 p.m. Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Guitar Club, 6:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Rock On! Live Band Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. Press Club Revolt w/ Anne Halo, 9 p.m. Starlite Lounge Fuzz Evil, Peace Killers, Chrome Ghost, 8 p.m. Torch Club Dennis Lesea, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, 8 p.m.

10.05 wednesday

Ace of Spades Drive By Truckers, Lydia Loveless, 6:30 p.m. Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. Blue Lamp Soccer Mom’s Night Out: Open Mic, DJ Kedd-e, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk Palisades, It Lives It Breathes, Darke Complex, Blindwish, Chasing Oceans, 6 p.m.

Brickhouse Gallery Sun Riah, 7 p.m. Center for the Arts Jerry Douglas Band, 7:30 p.m. Club Car (Auburn) The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. Community Center Theater Daughtry, 7:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Dive Bar Open Mic, 8 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ AAKnuff, 8 p.m. Golden 1 Center Paul McCartney, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Catz ‘N Dogz, Vince Lombardi, 10 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts Marty Stuart, 7:30 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m. Sacramento State: Music Recital Hall Sacramento State Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. Torch Club Singer-Songwriter Showcase In the Round: Joe Kojima, Bobby Jordan, Grub Dog, Kevin Seconds, 5:30 p.m.; The Routine, Tao Tariki, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Bumper Jacksons, 8 p.m.

10.06 Thursday

Ace of Spades Simple Plan, Hit the Lights, Story Untold, 6 p.m. Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. Badlands Zimmer, Sam I Jam, Joe Cro, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk Nef the Pharaoh, 7 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 10 p.m. Club Car (Auburn) Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. Crest Theatre Giada Valenti, 6:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Marty Cohen & The Sidekicks, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Xavier Wulf, Chris Travis, Ta Double Dolla, Black Smurf, Idontknowjeffery, 6:30 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Festival of Praise: The Game of Life feat. Fred Hammond, Hezekiah Walker, Israel Houghton, Karen Clark Sheard and More, 7:30 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Mike Allen, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Steel Rose, 9:30 p.m. Press Club Sue & Blue Say I Do, 9 p.m.

Shine Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Big Sticky Mess, 9:30 p.m. Starlite Lounge Mute Swan, Pregnant, Trash Magic, 8 p.m. Torch Club X Trio, 5:30 p.m.; The Harley White Jr. Orchestra, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall Ludovico Einaudi, 8 p.m. UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Bumper Jacksons, 8 p.m. University Union Ballroom, CSUS Marc E. Bassy, The Live Manikins, DJ Rated R, 7:30 p.m.

10.07 FRIDAY

Ace of Spades Machine Gun Kelly, Mod Sun, 7 p.m. Bar 101 Liz Delise, 9:30 p.m. Blue Lamp Jayvis, Fadeless, B Smoove, DJ Booey, Double G, Snatch N Guap, Paco Via, Natomas Slimm, Tha Heathen, Benjamin Rivas, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk The LACS , D-One, 7 p.m. Capitol Garage Fyah Fridays w/ DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m. Center for the Arts Melissa Mitchell and The Hope Social Club, Justin Farren, Handmade Moments, 8 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose An Intimate Evening w/ Kevin & Allyson Seconds, Jonah Matranga, Natalie Cortez, 9 p.m. Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m. Gold Country Lanes (Sutter Creek) C.T. Locke: DJ, Sing & Dance, 6:30 p.m. Harlow’s Nicholas David, 5:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Kamikaze Music Ensemble, 9:30 p.m. Mix DJ Slick D, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Watt Ave, Soul Giants, Rocky Kajimura, 9 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Elements, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Alex Vincent (Album Release), 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Thunder Cover, 9:30 p.m. Shine Into the Zoo, Dank Ocean, Salt Wizard, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Wrath of Babylon (Ronnie James Dio tribute), Electric Funeral (Black Sabbath tribute), Motorheader (Motorhead tribute), 7 p.m. Swabbies on the River Rockin’ for Randy Benefit w/ When We Become Kings, Jet Red, Night Moves, The Greg Golden Band, Rogue w/ Eric Martin and More, 6 p.m. Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; The Steepwater Band, Loose Engines, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Bumper Jacksons, 8 p.m.

10.08 Saturday

Ace of Spades Hopsin, Problem, 7 p.m. Bar 101 Erin and the Project, 9:30 p.m. Blue Lamp The Mr. T Experience, Captain 9’s & the Knickerbocker Trio, The O’Mulligans, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk The Interrupters, Bad Cop Bad Cop, 7:30 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Priscilla Presley, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Feel Good Saturday’s w/ DJ Epik, 10 p.m. Center for the Arts Greg Loiacono (of The Mother Hips), Lee Bob and the Truth, 8 p.m. The Colony The Boxheads, FeaRection, Conceived in Chaos, Obsidian, Sad Boy Sinister, 8 p.m. Community Center Theater Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera Presents: Tchaikovsky’s Fifth, 7:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. District 30 Billy Lane, 10 p.m. Ettore’s Ava Lemert, 6:30 p.m. Fox & Goose Axes & Alloys, Spangler (EP Release), 9 p.m. Harlow’s Survive, Majeure, 8 p.m. Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Blood, Sweat & Tears, 7:30 p.m. KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m. Kupros Craft House Sactown Playboys, 9:30 p.m. Lions Gate Hotel Val Starr’s Blues on the Patio w/ Delta Wires, 5 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m. MontBleu Resort Casino Drive-By Truckers, 7 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Vista Social Music Club, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Shotgun Sawyer, North By North, Bachelor Paradise, Sicfus, 8 p.m. Panama Art Factory Yum Yum Meow, Spitting Roses, RMF, 8 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Peeti V, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Fleetwood Mask, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Brodie Stewart, 10 p.m. Sacramento Horseman’s Club Out of the Box Festival: The Ray Charles Project w/ Linda Tillery, Café R&B, James Harman and Friends, Island of Black and White, The Zach Waters Band and More, 12 p.m. Sacramento State: Music Recital Hall Stephen Prutsman, 7:30 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Beyond Uranium, 9:30 p.m. Starlite Lounge Chixx That Rock

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Bullying Benefit Concert w/ Terri Knox, Ericka Davis, Amanda MacDowell, Pandora Gunn, Sp3ctra and More, 8 p.m. Swabbies on the River West Sacramento Christmas Toy Run w/ Rockin’ Down the Hiway, 12:30 p.m.; The Fryed Brothers, 3 p.m. Torch Club Richard March, 5:30 p.m.; Ian Moore, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall Ethel, 8 p.m. UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Bumper Jacksons, 8 p.m.

10.09 Sunday

Ace of Spades Devin Townsend Project, Between the Buried & Me, Fallujah, 6 p.m. Blue Lamp Garrett Klahn and the Surrounding Areas, Sun Valley Gun Club, Desario, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk Baeza, Dlo, Young Chop, 7 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Mr. Wayne Lai, Ms. Wu Xiu-Zhu, 1 & 4 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 9 p.m. Crocker Art Museum Classical Concert: Song Trust, 3 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts: Stage 1 Halau o Kekuhi, 6 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts: Stage 3 Great Composers Chamber Music Series, 2 & 5 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 8:30 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Ryder Green, 3 p.m. Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Starlite Lounge Blue Oaks, North by North, Ebbtide, Like Wine Like Water, 8 p.m. Swabbies on the River Mach 5, 3 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.

10.10 monday

Ace of Spades Beartooth, Everytime I Die, Fit For a King, Old Wounds, 6 p.m. Blue Lamp The Spotlight, 9 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Heath Williamson and Friends, 6 p.m. Press Club Chasms, Ani Maul Odonis Odonis, Color of Closure, 7:30 p.m. Starlite Lounge Vanlade, Hessian, Seax, Sophrosine, 8 p.m.

Comedy Cache Creek Casino Resort 41st Annual San Francisco Comedy Competition Finals, Sept. 30, 9 p.m. Colonial Theatre Addicts Comedy Tour w/ Mark Lundholm and Kurtis Matthews, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m. Fair Oaks Veterans Memorial Amphitheatre Comedy Under the Stars w/ D’Sean Ross, Oct. 7, 8 p.m. Gold Lion Arts Morpho Theater Presents: Improv Show, Sept. 30, 8 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Todd Johnson feat. Aaron Edwards Hall, Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. Comedy Open Mic Showcase, Oct. 4, 8 p.m. Keon Polee feat. David Lew, Oct. 7 - 9, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Open Mic Comedy Hosted by Jaime Fernandez, every Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

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Ooley Theater Comedy Night at the Ooley, every Thursday, 8 p.m. Punchline Comedy Club Lance Woods Birthday Roast feat. Rico Da Great, D. Tyler, Johnny Taylor Jr., BT Kingsley, DJ Sandhu and More, Sept. 27, 8 p.m. WellRED Comedy Tour w/ Trae Crowder, Corey Ryan Forrester & Drew Morgan, Sept. 28, 8 p.m. Darryl Lenox, Lance Woods, David Nguyen, Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. There Goes the Neighborhood w/ Taylor Tomlinson, Oct. 2, 7 p.m. Sam Bam’s Comedy Jam, Oct. 5, 8 p.m. Erica Rhodes, Johnny Taylor, Ben Feldman, Oct. 6 - 9, 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, 8 p.m. Improv Lab, Harold Night & Gordon Teams, Wednesday’s, 7 - 10 p.m. Cage Match & Improv Jam, Thursday’s, 8 - 10 p.m. Anti-Cooperation League, Saturday’s, 9 p.m. Tommy T’s Rodman, Oct. 7 - 8

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ollowers of Sacramento’s underground hip-hop and spoken word circuits may recall the smooth, slick-talking voice of Rasar Amani, formerly Random Abiladeze. He was one of the kids behind the cash register at Dimple Records more than 10 years ago, the only MC on Sacramento sensation Joe Kye’s EP Joseph in the Well and a regular at local venues and colleges. A call in 2013 from a close friend—world champion beatboxer and America’s Got Talent finalist Butterscotch—led Rasar to try his luck in Las Vegas. That call, Rasar says, forever changed his life. He credits Butterscotch for where he is today—the lead vocalist of one of Las Vegas’ toprated new bands, The Lique. Rasar wasn’t looking to join a band. He had completed a successful run in a nightclub show and was planning to leave Las Vegas last year when a friend told him about a group of local jazz musicians looking for an MC. Guitarist Sean Carbone had a vision for a hip-hop jazz band. His University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) peers Jeremy Klewicki on drums and Nick Schmitt on bass joined him first. After offering the MC gig to Rasar, the group found Jason Corpuz (“the dopest piano player,” according to Rasar) and in the last year and a half, have scored a residency at a local club, toured venues like Brooklyn Bowl in New York, played music festivals and recorded the band's debut album Democracy Manifest. The Lique plays Harlow's in Sacramento on Friday, Sept. 30 as main support at the album release show for Rituals of Mine (formerly known as Sister Crayon) with James Cavern opening the show. The following night, Saturday, Oct. 1, The Lique will head to Downieville, California to play at ZuhGFest, a grassroots festival at the Sierra Shangri-La Resort along the Yuba River.

Creation of The Lique and Democracy Manifest

Rasar says the guys didn’t know what kind of band The Lique was going to be when they formed. They started off playing his old tracks from the 10 albums he had recorded over the last decade, but as their fan base grew in a matter a months, the need for new material and a unique sound was evident. They had become THE hiphop band in Las Vegas. “We had the vision of being classy, wearing suits, having kind of a jazz feel,” he says. “We all got thrown in together and we knew we were musicians but it took a few weird talks about time and the fourth dimension and somehow politics and police brutality came up, but we had never talked about this stuff before over the four months we knew each other. When it came up, I thought, oh, we can go there? That changed the writing.”

Rasar’s past music is rife with political and social commentary, but he hesitated politicizing his fellow cats who just wanted to groove. “But once we started talking about death and religion … now I write some challenging stuff,” he says. “That was a turning point in the kitchen.” Bassist Nick Schmitt started writing riffs, building the jazz foundations of the tracks “Batman,” “Velveteen Dream” and “Nastiness.” This was The Lique’s first unique work. To get a taste of what The Lique is all about, listen to the track “Billie’s Holiday.” “It really shows what kind of band we are and goes to the heart of what we want to accomplish here,” Rasar says. Hidden within the track are approximately 20 Billie Holiday songs. The song itself is about traveling, Rasar notes, and how we have to get away from our comfort zones. The Lique’s look also has a backstory and its own track on the record. The last track, “The Suits,” was inspired directly by what Rasar, who functioned as the band’s manager and booker until recently, calls the “red tape, hierarchical b.s.” of the music industry. “We’re a conundrum to the higher ups,” he says. “We’re underground, but we’re sophisticated enough that it confuses people. There’s a ton of suits out here—that’s why we wear suits, because it’s ironic. It comes from me traveling the world with Butterscotch and realizing people took me more seriously when I dressed up. So the whole thing is a big, fat wink in everybody’s faces.” Rasar tells the story of an agent saying, “We gotta appease the suits” when he tried booking a gig. The funny phrase reminded him of a James Brown song called “Pass the Peas” and the Browninspired lyrics and riffs for “The Suits” was born. The industry’s recent repressive ways are a bit of a theme on the album, and Rasar talks at length about 360 record deals that cause artists to lose themselves and their brand as executive greed takes over. “Walk into my Office” speaks to that in an eerie, Mr. Grinch meets Led Zeppelin kind of way, through a blend of storytelling, characters, voice changes and rap. The song, like many of the others on the album, has multiple layers and side stories. It’s one of the most bizarre hip-hop tracks you’ll listen to this year. You may even have heard

it already in one if its reincarnations. “Walk into my Office” is a remake from a song Rasar did in 2010 in collaboration with Adambomb from New Orleans. Rasar’s (then known as Random Abiladeze) album Indubitably has the original version, which is two-and-a-half minutes long (the current version is more than six minutes). “I showed the band the song and they loved it,” Rasar says. “We started exploring it, and I would start telling crazier and crazier stories live with it that were never recorded.” A few obscure references pop up in the album version, including a growl tribute to “I Put a Spell on You” by Screamin Jay Hawkins to honor him. “I saw an awesome documentary on him on YouTube and he was a contemporary to Etta James, Stevie Wonder … all the original rock ‘n’ roll greats but was too weird and a one-hit wonder and fell off.” The third theatrical verse in the song is also a tribute and intended for Dead Western, a dark folk/new American artist Rasar did a show with in Sacramento in 2008. “He was one of the weirdest dudes I was ever paired with in my entire career and it was the best thing they could have done. You don’t really get a chance to do songs like this too many times in your entire life.” (Note: Rasar has not been able to reach Dead Western to share the song, so, Dead Western, if you read this, contact Rasar). Another standout track is “Democrashy Manifesht,” which juxtaposes Rasar’s compelling, often agitated lyrics of historical and political significance with the range and expertise of The Lique’s musicians. The backdrop could almost be a 1950s Las Vegas steakhouse, but without the veil in front of the realities of racism and power struggles. Part of what went into the writing of “Democrashy Manifesht” is Rasar’s family background. “My parents are older so I grew up on jazz, Motown, gospel, and my dad is from the old deep South, while segregation was still a thing,” he says. “He was born when WWII was rocking on, growing up around the Klan. Yes, I talk on current issues, but there are so many levels of how we got to where we are right now.” “Democrashy Manifesht” is controversial, but

“People are making noise but not impact. Every moment is potentially wasted if you’re not doing something toward progress and that’s what this album is about.” —The Lique’s Rasar on his band’s debut album, Democracy Manifest

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The Lique finds engagement is an important part of their M.O. “People are making noise but not impact,” Rasar says. “Every moment is potentially wasted if you’re not doing something toward progress and that’s what this album is about. How can we get all this genre bending, norms shifting, sounds and ideas out in 40 minutes without sounding rushed. The epitome of this band, this album, and the city of Las Vegas is how to fit an hour into 40 minutes.”

Collaborators on the Album More than 20 people contributed sound to this album, including Rasar’s friend Butterscotch on the song “Soul for You.” Rasar credits her for making him the star he is today, connecting him globally through tours and appearances and bringing him to Las Vegas. UC Davis alum Ruby Ibarra, one of Rasar’s best friends, is on “Nastiness.” DJ Mr. Vibe scratches on that song and he rolls with the Sacramento crew Sleepwalkers, who work with legendary crew, Hieroglyphics. Rasar reconnected with DJ Mr. Vibe when he moved to Vegas to head up music for the Jabawockeez show at MGM. But for Rasar, the two biggest contributors to the album are sound engineer Dan Brodbeck and Bay Area hip-hop legend Zion-I. “The unofficial sixth member of the band is Dan Brodbeck,” he says. “He is one of the best audio engineers in the world. He won a Juno [Canadian Grammy] and worked with Dolores O’Riordan from The Cranberries. We recorded in the back of an old vinyl record shop, which set the tone for the album.” Zion-I is one of those people who is really big but you don’t know it until you see him, according to Rasar. “Someone gave me his album in 2005 and it’s one of my top albums of all time,” he says. “I had a chance to open for him at Sac State and UC Davis years ago. When he was in Vegas last year, he remembered me. All of a sudden this person I had been looking up to all these years really wanted to connect with me as, it’s hard to say an equal, but we’re all equal as human beings. It was a dream come true.” For Rasar, working with Zion-I was indication that he’s on the right path. “The resilience that brings you back to the people you need to connect with, is what the song [Zion-I is on] is about, ‘The Frequency.’ The whole point is Get down with The Lique how your vibe attracts your tribe at Harlow's in Sacramento on Friday, Sept. 30 and and that’s why we put him on again on Saturday, Oct. 1 the song. He always talks about at ZuhGFest in Downieville. that energy kind of like a hipFor more on the band, visit hop hippie.” Thelique.com or Facebook. com/theliqueband.

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gree to disagree. The willingness to concede with an eye roll and a subject change is what keeps most families together—well, that and unconditional love. But what happens when a family shares the same passion? What if instead of changing the subject, a family bands together to change their community? Five restaurants and counting—within a year, tally seven. Not just any restaurants—arguably Sacramento’s very best dining destinations. A movement. Not just any movement—the local farm-to-fork movement, which has helped reshape the way Sacramento thinks about its identity and the health, environmental and economic impacts of our respective food choices. Social and political change happens. Our culinary landscape shapeshifts. We clean our plates and feel truly satisfied. “Our family is in the restaurant business, but we are really a family business, making it more of a lifestyle. When it’s part of how you live, it becomes less of a job and more of a passion,” explains Randall Selland, who has been steadfastly at the helm of the farm-to-fork

movement in the Sacramento area for nearly the whole of his decorated career. But let’s take a step back. Once a commissioned stained glass artist, food became another outlet of artistic expression for Randall after meeting, marrying and having children with the lovely and talented Nancy Zimmer. The Kitchen, now a Sacramento institution, was the brainchild of a mother/ daughter dream team: Nancy and Tamera. Soon, the whole family rallied behind their efforts to join the family business that echoed their innermost values and would grow to challenge our thinking about ingredients and cooking. Randall and Nancy’s son, Josh Nelson, is now co-owner and CEO of Selland Group, and developed the logo for Sacramento’s brand identity as America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital. Their daughter, Tamera Baker, is co-owner and chief brand officer of the Selland Group. They collectively own and operate Selland’s MarketCafé (Sacramento and El Dorado Hills locations), Ella, The Kitchen, and now, OBO’—a top-notch Italian establishment in East Sacramento.

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OBO’ is named after Josh’s son, Owen; Tamera’s kids, Ella and Jackson nicknamed him Obo. The Selland family wanted to create an Italian restaurant and menu that draws inspiration from the simple, nourishing flavors and seasonal cooking traditions of rustic Italy, in a casual atmosphere that is accessible to all. Speaking of accessibility, you can’t beat the pricing for the quality of food that is being served up at OBO’. Inspired by many trips to Italy over the years, chef owner Nancy Zimmer spiritedly developed the OBO’ menu. “While the menu is made up of Italian dishes, it also features many local flavors including dishes such as the market veg pasta, market veg pizza, market veg focaccia, market veg melt, market veg and fresh mozzarella sandwich and roasted market vegetables. We butcher our own meats and make our own pancetta in-house as well,” she says. “Our pastas and pizza dough are also made in-house. OBO’ desserts are made fresh daily by our in-house bakery and delivered each day to the restaurant. We also make our own Amaro, featured in the OBO’ Amaro Cocktail!” All of their restaurants, including OBO’, are well-stocked with weekly farmers market trips and locally sourced ingredients. They even collaborated with New Glory Brewery to create an OBO’ Lemon Saison. Tamera Baker led and managed the interior design process and creative direction for the brand identity. The design came from the

inspiration of a midcentury Mediterranean, warm coastal feel. The bright and airy atmosphere echoes with conversation, a pizza paddle chandelier fills the center of the room, exposed brick and robin’s egg blue paint balance warm and cool tones. Inside OBO’, the vibe is casual, yet good design is in the details. Outside, an expansive patio circumnavigates the round building shape that once housed Andiamo and Good Eats. An eclectic staff is quick to help patrons—hot orders are taken on tablets by servers while a large deli case filled with a la carte side dishes beckons. I went with my trusty team of foodie friends to maximize how many things I could try, because I pretty much wanted to try everything on the menu (guess I’ll have to return again and again!). We ordered a bottle of Meme Chianti, which was spicy sweet and affordably priced, and a Ferrari from the bar program. The ‘Rari is comprised of Campari, aged Luxardo black cherries and lemon zest, and is served chilled. It was a REALLY delicious cocktail. Soon enough, the plates started trickling out of the kitchen as they were ready. All of the housemade pasta is cooked perfectly al dente. The tagliatelle with poached egg was citrusy, creamy, tangy and a bit sour, mixed with prosciutto and chives. The mac and cheese was chewy, mealy with lots of bread crumbs, super sharp and creamy. My favorite dish of the evening, the rigatoni Bolognese, was Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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loaded with beef and pork, covered in shredded parmesan and parsley and doused with a delightfully oozy, melty red sauce that was sweet, sharp, tart and savory. Vegans! They will also accommodate you upon request, and our vegan photographer, Evan, ordered vegan pasta which was a cornucopia of farmers market finds. Oh, I’m not done yet. We also ordered a couple sides from the case. The romaine heart was a wedge salad topped with gorgonzola, green onion and a creamy lemon parmesan dressing. The texture and flavor were wonderful—crispy, fresh, pungent, earthy and sour. The chili broccoli, slightly steamed and bright green, was spicy, savory and crunchy. The market veg pizza, topped with ricotta, parmesan and mozzarella cheese and a tangy, sweet housemade marinara, was a vivid display of seasonal veggies that included green onion, chili, zucchini, caramelized onions, heirloom tomatoes, and summer squash—all atop a perfectly executed, buttery, thin crust. Wash that all down with the best meatball sandwich I’ve ever sunk my teeth into, and I walked out of that place happily stuffed. The best part of all is that each hot menu item costs only about $10. The Selland Family is currently working on the development of a third Selland’s Market-Café located on Broadway in Sacramento, as well as at the new sports entertainment complex, The Golden 1 Center. Selland’s Market-Café on Broadway is tentatively scheduled to open early next year, in 2017. I’m pretty stoked on this, since their original SubmergeMag.com

location deep in East Sac is pretty far off my beaten path albeit always worth the trek. Selland family values go beyond supporting local farmers. “A core value of the Selland family is the appreciation of our community and a desire to give back. We have focused much of our philanthropy on public schools in our neighborhood as well as food literacy education for children, including The School Garden at Phoebe Hearst Elementary School in East Sacramento and The Food Literacy Center, also in Sacramento,” says Sheryl Trapani, Marketing Director for Selland Family Restaurants. She continues, “Randall Selland has been successful in lobbying local and state legislators on the benefits of locally grown organic food and sustainability. In 2008, he received an award from the nonprofit Pesticide Watch for being instrumental in overturning the law that made it illegal for restaurants to shop farmers markets in California. In 2015 Selland Family Restaurants received the Clean Air Award from Breathe California in the leadership category for the zero waste pilot program at our restaurants.” What are the greatest joys in life? It’s a bit different for everyone, but I would wager that universally, among them, OBO’ Italian Table are: family, giving back and Bar is located at to your community, and 3145 Folsom Blvd. in good food. In everything Sacramento. For more info, go to Oboitalian. we tried at OBO’, you could com or Facebook.com/ taste joy in every bite. oboitalian.

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the shallow end

Issue 223 • September 26 – October 10, 2016

I don’t know what Snapchat is, but I’m not so out of touch that I don’t realize it’s a thing. Or at least it was a thing. I just assume that by the time I realize something is a thing, there’s already another thing that I won’t learn about until it’s no longer a thing. In the interest of not just writing around in circles, for the sake of this column, let’s just all agree that Snapchat is still a thing that people use for some purpose or another. And it’s about to become a real, tangible thing, more or less, with the release of Spectacles. A cursory look at Spectacles reveals something we’ve seen before. It’s a pair of glasses with cameras on it, reminiscent of Google’s ill-fated Google Glass. Remember when that was supposed to be a thing? That hasn’t worked out so well—at least not yet—so you might be wondering why the dude from newly rebranded Snap Inc., 26-year-old CEO Evan Spiegel, is going to make the cyborg glasses thing work when Google, The God of Our Age, couldn’t. My first guess would be that since Spiegel has created a wildly successful app before the age of 30 and is engaged to Miranda Kerr, Victoria Secret model and the physical embodiment of that Snapchat filter everyone uses to make themselves look like fairy princesses, he probably thinks anything he touches will turn to gold. And he’s probably right, but let’s take a deeper look … well, only slightly deeper. Google, as you would imagine, went overthe-top with their marketing of Google Glass, branding the device as something that would change the way we interact with our world. As such, they priced it at around $1,300. So, yeah, thanks but no thanks. I’m just going to have to stick with my lo-fi eyes. I mean, I know they’re not as sexy as your fancy robo-optics, but millions of years of human evolution has proven them to be resilient, and they don’t even need to have their batteries charged. And even though I need regular prescription glasses for them to work properly, they’re free, which appeals to my inner cheapskate. Snap Inc.’s Spectacles, however, come in at a measly tenth of the price of Google Glass. As such, Spiegel has been referring to the device as a “toy,” according to the Wall Street Journal, “to be worn for kicks at a barbecue or an outdoor concert.” Spectacles is also cooler

James Barone jb@submergemag.com than its Google counterpart, because it’s a pair of sunglasses. Sweet, huh? And it’s available in a few different colors (one of which is teal!) so you can style while you profile. And hey, at just under $130 a pop, maybe you can buy a few pairs to match all your cool outfits. How’s that? Sold? What if I told you that Spectacles’ wireless cameras captured circular video with a 115-degree field of view that approximates a “human perspective,” according to a blog post on Snap Inc.’s website? Spectacles can also transfer the Memories (capital “M,” as per Snap) they record and transfer them directly to your Snapchat app via wireless whatevers and Bluetooth and lasers and unicorns. Fucking awesome. “We’ve created one of the smallest wireless video cameras in the world,” the Snap blog enthuses, “capable of taking a day’s worth of Snaps on a single charge, and we integrated it seamlessly into a fun pair of sunglasses—available in 3 different colors!” Holy fucking Christ! … I’m sorry. Sometimes I get carried away. When someone tells me that I want or need something, even when I don’t want or need it, if they say it enthusiastically enough, I start to believe them. I don’t even have a Snapchat account, so If I bought one of these things, my recorded memories would just port into my stupid brain, and that sucks. Who needs memories in a brain? No one can like those or comment on them with little emojis or stickers. I can’t even put a filter on myself so I look like one of those dudes on the covers of romance novels, with the long hair that I don’t have perpetually blowing in the breeze. My white silk shirt unbuttoned just so. I mean, sure, in my mind I can cut myself out of my own memories and just paste Fabio in there in place of me, but what good is that? It wouldn’t be on the internet for everyone to see. It’s sad, right? Well, I think it is. But, you know what? You go out and get these awesome glasses things. Don’t worry about silly old me. Make yourself look like Fabios eating burgers at barbecues, or fairy princesses rocking out to The Lumineers at outdoor concerts. It’s your world, ladies and gentlemen, so get out there and live it!

Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

SubmergeMag.com

Issue 223 • September 26 – October 10, 2016

Dive into Sacramento & its Surrounding Areas

september 26 – October 10, 2016

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Diana Dich

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