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Grip that pen and ink up: A little bird—a black crow?—told SN&R a few weeks back that local thrashbeats-rap outfit Death Grips had signed to a major label. This was funny, because that very day I was tipped off, I ran into a member of the Grips crew, who denied the rumor with a coy smile. Well, rumor-now-fact: Death Grips inked to Sony Music’s Epic Records, announced on Monday, and BEFORE
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Will a new arena, err, “entertainment sports complex” bring in “better” touring acts?: Sacramento is a “third world” media market. No changing that. San Francisco and the Bay Area are first to get the so-called big-time music tours—the Radioheads and such that never, ever will play Sacto. And we’re not even second place. We’re last. We get tours after they’ve passed through the likes of San Jose and the East Bay once, even twice. And it seems like even when a blue-chip tour schedules a first-look stop in Sacramento, the plug oftentimes is pulled due to poor ticket sales—or so goes the excuse—such as the case with Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne jaunt cancellation this past fall. This won’t change with a new Sacramento Kings arena, either. The big tours that arena supporters tout will still mostly make their final stops in Sacramento, not their first. Goldenvoice and Live Nation and the major touring outfits surely won’t compromise draw in the Bay Area market just because of a shiny new box by the railroad tracks in the Sacto market. But look at the positive: a new arena will make it quicker to change out the ice—it takes more than 15 hours to move the ice at Arco now. So, that’ll likely mean more Disney on Ice and Stars On Ice. Awesome, right? In the meantime, keep your eyes on the 700 block of K Street, where local developer Bay Miry and the fellows from Shady Lady Saloon plan to launch a mid-sized venue in the coming years. That will draw some new acts—artists that would typically play S.F.’s The Fillmore or Oakland’s Fox Theater. And maybe one day, way further off, even octogenarian-era Radiohead.
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will launch two albums this year, including one next month titled The Money Store. I like that the crew’s second release will have a sly Sacto nod for a title; The Money Store’s corporate operations for years were based out of Sacramento, first in the McKinley Park neighborhood and later in West Sacto’s Ziggurat building. The Money Store will drop on Record Store Day in Sacramento on April 21, vinyl only.
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Dog benefits rule: Want to feel good? Last year, Kevin and Allyson Seconds
held a fundraiser gig for a Labrador named Hank who was about to die. Well, the December 2011 show raised some $2,800, and now Hank is alive and well. So, the couple thought, why not hold another benefit show for animals in need? This time, the gig—called the “Project Hank Benefit”—will benefit the Mercer Animal Hospital, a clinic for homeless pets based out of Loaves & Fishes. The event is Saturday night, March 3, at the Fox & Goose at 9 p.m.; the acts include Two Sheds, Gabe Nelson, Kevin and Allyson, Julie the Bruce, Jay Shaner and others, and $5 is the minimum donation. Don’t hesitate to plop down a 20.
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Who’s Texas bound?: Lee Bannon and C Plus, Ganglians, G. Green, Appetite—there are a lot of Sacramento artists heading to the annual South By Southwest music blowout/fustercluck next week in Austin. I personally wanna know if you’re gonna be out there or not so that I can send some SN&R dispatchers to your Lone Star gigs. Email us at music@ newsreview.com, and we’ll get someone to your show, fo’ sho.
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