Submerge Magazine: Issue 274 (September 12 - September 26, 2018)

DIVE INTO SACRAMENTO & ITS SURROUNDING AREAS

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bout a month and a half ago, we started using a new distribution company, so if you missed that bit of news, that’s why we come out every other Wednesday now instead of every other Monday. Overall it’s been great. Submerge is in more spots around the region and instead of being level 11 stressed all the time, it’s gone down to what I consider pretty damn good when you run a business, a level seven. However, out of our hundreds of distribution spots, a month later I realized we forgot to include three regular drop spots on our transferred list. I spent a good chunk of time going over every spot, and I believe that’s all I forgot. So if you, our dear reader, notice we’re no longer available at your favorite spot to pick up Submerge and have been forced to pick it up somewhere else the past month, please do not be shy, email me today.

Another reason why I’m loving this change is that it has allowed my husband and business partner Jonathan and I a little more free time to do what we love, and that’s go see more live music. We have gone to a ton of shows lately, like Creux Lies’ album release at Blue Lamp, Deafheaven at Goldfield, Horseneck with Coercion at Press Club, Dusty Brown and Kris Anaya at LowBrau, too many good bands to name at the Cosmic Family Gathering Festival at Big Sexy Brewing Company and last but not least, Harlow’s this past week to catch Yob and Acid King with locals CHRCH. It’s been great month!

But with this fall weather coming up, I’ve got my sights set on some larger outdoor concerts!

I’m really looking forward to the City of Trees Festival once again. It’s at Papa Murphy’s Park at Cal Expo on Saturday, Sept. 22. This year the festival features headliners Odesza (you can read our 2017 interview with them at Submergemag.com/music/odesza), plus Chvrches, Dirty Heads and many other national and local acts. One of the bigger artists from this year’s City of Trees is featured in this very issue. Check out our Q&A with Bastille starting on page 14.

Other outdoor concerts happening in our area are: • Jake Owen at Raley Field on Sept. 14.

• Tesla at Thunder Valley Casino on Sept. 14.

• Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys on Sept. 25, which will also be at Papa Murphy’s Park.

• Dierks Bentley and Brothers Osborne on Oct. 6 up in Wheatland at the Toyota Amphitheatre.

• Aftershock Festival takes place Oct. 13 and 14 at Discovery Park and features Sacramento’s Deftones and Dance Gavin Dance and other notable acts like System of a Down, Alice in Chains and At the Drive-In. • Nelly at Raley Field on Oct. 18

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Please also be sure to enjoy all of the great content in this issue. We work hard to try and keep you in the loop on all the coolest stuff happening around the Sacramento region.

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The Red Museum is a DIY local arts space known for hosting an array of live concerts, exhibits and other creative events at their location in downtown Sacramento (212 15th St.). Their second annual fundraiser Red Ex: Vol II—a recipient of one of the City of Sacramento’s Creative Economy micro grants announced in 2017—is coming up on Saturday, Sept. 22. Red Ex is a one-day music festival on two stages (one indoors and one outside) that features 11 bands from Sacramento, Los Angeles and the Bay Area, including headliners Cherry Glazerr, as well as Drug Apts, Curls, Tiki Dreamers, Exquisite Corps and more. Expect everything from groovy indie-punk, to noise rock, experimental pop, singer-songwriter and a blend of other genres.

In a press release submitted to Submerge, The Red Museum’s Jennifer Jackson stated, “We’re excited to bring this kind of line-up to Sacramento— it links the music sound we’re cultivating here with what’s going on in bigger music hubs.”

She went on to say, “And adding local food, drink, and visual artists to the mix helps tie it to the larger creative community here.”

As hinted, there will also be an all-local lineup of food offerings, as well as wines from Bogle Vineyards, brews from Ruhstaller and other refreshments from Burly Beverages. You can even check out a mobile bookstore in a converted bus called The Road Virus that highlights fringe literature, as well as installations from local visual artists. Tickets for this event, which starts at 3 p.m. and is all ages, are $25 in advance, or $30 at the door. Hit up Theredmuseum.com, Facebook.com/theredmuseum or Redexvol2.eventbrite. com to secure your discounted advanced tickets and to keep in the loop with what the fine folks at The Red Museum are up to. Underground art spaces like theirs are vital, so please support them in whatever way you can.

If you’re looking for a more light-hearted way to support a great local cause, check out the upcoming Comedy Night Fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 12 benefiting the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento, whose mission is to “inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens,” according to the organization’s website, Bgcsac.org. The event will be headlined

by Steph Garcia and will also feature David Lew, both of whom are hilarious and bring with them a ton of experience. Garcia has been seen on ABC, Comedy Central, Good Day Sacramento and more, and Lew has made appearances on Last Comic Standing and The Food Network’s Throwdown with Bobby Flay. Tickets for this benefit are just $20 in advance, or $25 at the door. The show will take place at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento’s Raley Branch in downtown Sacramento (1117 G St.), starting at 8 p.m. This show will be for 18-plus only, and you can find more info at the organization’s website or by calling (916) 392-1350.

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If you’ve been in any way involved in the local music scene in Sacramento over the last couple decades, you no doubt already know who Jerry Perry is. If you don’t, just know that he’s one of the most important figures in the scene, having booked countless legendary shows at the Cattle Club back in the ‘90’s, as well as publishing local music rag Alive and Kicking for many years, to more recently being involved with great local arts organizations like Chalk It Up. Perry’s support of the local music scene is pretty much unmatched and, well, unfortunately, he recently suffered from a stroke and is in a local hospital working toward recovery. Obviously, his medical costs are enormous, so longtime friends and family pretty much immediately banded together to organize a big, badass Benefit Concert for Jerry Perry that will be Jerry Perry and his wife Linda going down on Saturday, Dec. 22, at Harlow’s (2708 J St.) and MOMO (upstairs from Harlow’s), so please be sure to mark your calendars and come on out to support this great man and his family. A killer lineup of old school Sacramento bands are already signed on to play downstairs, like Kai Kln, Little Guilt Shrine, 99 Tales, Nothing But a Nightmare, The Trouble Makers and The Rosebuds, and a sweet list of “solo” acts will be performing upstairs, like Jonah Matranga, Kevin and Allyson Seconds, Anton Barbeau and others, plus DJs in between, before and after. Tickets are already on sale now for $25 in advance, available through Harlows.com or Abstractpresents.com.

Prices jump to $30 day of show. All ages will be welcome from when doors open at 2 p.m. through 10 p.m., after which it will become 21-plus. Here’s to a speedy and full recovery, Jerry! Long may you rock, my friend! If you can’t make the benefit show but would still like to donate, look up their GoFundMe page by searching “Help for Jerry and Linda Perry.”

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THE OPTIMISTIC PESSIMIST They say it’s a real blessing to have a child.

“What wonderful news!” they say when you tell them a baby is on the way. Then you have the baby and the truth of the matter smacks you right across the face. What’s so great about this baby? It sleeps when I want to play with it, it wants to play when I’m asleep, it can’t talk, it can’t walk, it won’t eat and somehow it still shits its pants several times a day. Your baby sounds barely human, which is why I keep using the pronoun “it.”

But after a little while, something changes and your “it” becomes a little him or her or they. Now they can talk! Now they can walk!

Little Joey has finally stopped shitting himself and he loves chicken nuggets! Suddenly, these little critters are semi-capable human beings.

They have imagination and they can actually do things without our help. Now is the time to take advantage of the situation.

These kids want to do so much, and we adults just keep holding them back. But why are we trying so hard to protect them? They are supposed to be the next generation of

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able-bodied, red-blooded Americans, and yet somehow, our old broken asses are still doing all the work. That just doesn’t make any sense!

Work builds character and who needs character more than a child? I’m old! I got my character a long time ago, ya dicks!

Now I already hear some of you screaming about child labor laws, but this ain’t that. I’m not saying we should send a bunch of 5-yearolds to work a shift at the Bimbo Bread Factory.

That would require way too many step stools, plus their little hands are hardly suitable for kneading dough. What I have in mind is more of an “in-house” kind of job. In other words, have your kids work for you!

The transition from play to work will be easier than you could imagine for your child.

You’ve already been preparing them for the hard work ahead with some of the toys you’ve bought. I’ve seen all sorts of toy lawn mowers, toy mops, toy tool sets, toy kitchens and every other manner of toy versions of things used by adults to do work. I’ve seen kids play with these toy tools in the appropriate context, so

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they clearly understand how to use them. Why don’t we just let them go that last 10 percent?

The pieces are all there, parents; you just have to give your child a nudge in the right direction.

Think of all the time you could save. You already worked a full day to bring home the money that feeds all these mouths. Why should you have to cook, serve and clean up after these little monsters too? I’ve seen them make brownies in an Easy Bake Oven, surely they can cook a frozen pizza in a real oven. The way I see it is if you can’t push a button or get close to hot things without burning yourself, then you aren’t going to make it very far in the future Hellscape we will call Earth. Your child’s survival could depend on how well that pizza turns out.

The best part of all of this is that they may not even realize they are doing work if you play it right. You are going to need two people to pull it off, but it isn’t very complicated.

These are children we are dealing with after all; they aren’t very smart. The first person is responsible for the chore they want the child

to take an interest in. While working in the presence of the child, this person needs to pretend that the chore is very fun. Make sure that you really sell it; this has to look like the coolest thing that anyone has ever done. After the chore is complete, have the second person (preferably someone the child trusts more than you) stop by and pretend to be upset because the chore was done without them. For the next week or so, remind your kid how fun that chore was at least once a day. When chore day comes, ask your kid to cover that super-fun chore and promptly retire permanently from that task.

It’s really that simple. Of course, I don’t have children myself to test this theory directly, but it feels water-tight. If these youngsters didn’t have a secret desire to do chores, they wouldn’t be playing with toys that mimic those actions in the first place. With that in mind, I say try it out and let me know if it works. I’ve got some plants that need trimming and your kid looks like he could probably handle it.

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Sip on Wines Selected by Industry Legends Darrell Corti and David Berkley at the Farm-to-Fork Legends of Wine • Sept. 20 Enjoy some of the best wines that the Sacramento region has to offer with food and wine pioneers Darrell Corti (credited food expert and owner of Corti Brothers) and David Berkley (Corti Brothers’ wine merchant, David Berkley Fine Wines and Specialty Foods). Not only will you get to enjoy tasty libations and artisanal cheeses, you will also get to bask in the amazing view of the sun setting over the Tower Bridge. This is the fifth annual Legends of Wine event and it is certainly something that you will not want to miss. Meet winemakers as they pour their own wines, create new friends and broaden your palate as you celebrate the first days of fall. This is, of course, a 21-plus event and will take place Thursday, Sept. 20 from 6 – 9 p.m. on the West Steps of the Capitol at 10th and Capitol Mall in Sacramento. Tickets are $70 and are available to purchase on Farmtofork.com.

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Mark Your Calendars for The Siren’s First Pop Up Event Featuring Burlesque Dancing, Comedy, Visual Arts and More!

Sept. 29

The Siren, a collective of “alternative arts extraordinaires,” is bringing their vision to fruition with their first popup event on Saturday, Sept. 29. There will be an array of amazing burlesque performances, comedy, drag and much more. Some of the local and out-oftown talent include RedBone (the “cyclone of burlesque”), Jet Noir, Jay Siren (co-founder of The Siren Events), D Tyler (comedy), and the local and amazing Deaja Girl on Fire (The Darling Clementines). There will also be live music from Beat Is Mind and vending from Essentrika (Shauni Fatale) and Glam Jam (RedBone). The event is 21-plus and takes place at the California Automobile Museum at 2200 Front St., Sacramento.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., music will start at 7:30 and performances will begin at 8:30 and end at 11:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now starting at $18 and can be purchased at Thesirenevents.com.

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In Support of Their New LP Homestead, Seattle’s Witch Ripper Set to Rip Up Blue Lamp in Sacramento Sept. 25

Bring September to a noisy end with a night of metal at the one and only Blue Lamp. Seattle’s popular heavy post-metal band, Witch Ripper, will be in town to celebrate their new album, Homestead. On the strength of a self-titled EP before Homestead, Witch Ripper—comprised of Joe Eck (drums), Curtis Parker (vocals, guitar), Coltan Anderson (guitar) and Brian Kim (bass) —quickly became an important part of Seattle’s metal underground and a favorite in the scene. The evening will also include performances by Nevada City post-metal band Aequorea and Sacramento blackened sludge band Ctrl All Delete. This will be an event that you will not want to miss, so come get ripped and witchy with Witch Ripper and friends on a chill Tuesday night. This is a 21-plus event and takes place Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. with a $10 cover. Blue Lamp is located at 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento.

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Local Artist and Instructor Jennifer Keller Hosts Acrylic and Mixed Media Coaching Lab • Sept. 30 Jennifer Keller is a woman with art in her blood. She grew up in a creative space, earned her art degree and devoted her life to not only her own art but others’ art as well. To Keller, art “relaxes, heals, energizes and connects” and now, it’s your chance to experience this tranquility. On Sunday, Sept. 30, Keller is offering her services to those in an artistic rut, providing coaching and expert critique of any pieces you are currently working on so that the creative juices can flow once again. The event will take place at University Art (2601 J St., Sacramento) from 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Arrive on time so that you don’t miss the show-and-tell critique, and bring your work-in-progress pieces along with your paint, palettes, brushes and anything else needed to complete your masterpiece. Tables, chairs, easels and more will be provided to you. Tickets are $29 and can be purchased from Jenniferlaurelkeller.com.

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My home, Sacramento—a forever “up and coming” city—is sometimes just the vacation I need. A weekend at home consists of catching up with friends who I see far too little of, a little rest and relaxation and an obligatory jaunt in the wilderness.

The city rings with live music, breweries and coffee shops, local events and art. This twoday itinerary barely scratches the surface of things to do in Sacramento, but it is my attempt at providing a varietal sample of our sweet city.

Friday Evening: I’m taking it easy this weekend by starting it off with a beer and a slice (or five) of pizza from The Federalist Public House (2009 Matsui Alley).

With or without friends, finding ample people to chat with, or to observe if you’ve had a really long week, is never an issue.

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Other dining options I consider as a chill night out: Midtown’s Cantina Alley (2320 Jazz Alley) Tres Hermanas (2416 K St.) Grange (926 J St.) Empress Tavern (1013 K St.) Saturday Morning: Welcome the morning with a free yoga session at McKinley Park (601 Alhambra Blvd.) at 9 a.m. (other local options are Maidu park near the library in Roseville, Lions Park near the community center in Folsom, and Community Park near the library in Davis). A short walk over to Temple Coffee (2829 S St.) or Old Soul (812 21st St.) leads you to two Sacramento-famous cafés with a host of caffeinated drinks, snacks and local food (also nearby, you can find Tiferet Coffee House and Identity Coffee, both of which are also fantastic. Again, Sacramento is a coffee capital).

Saturday: Pack a picnic and take a tour of Sacramento’s parks. Beginning with California State Capitol Park (1300 L St.), where there are far too many rules but majestic groves of trees, enjoy a packed lunch on one of the wellwatered lawns. Make sure not to throw a frisbee, climb trees, or set up a slackline. For that, we move on to another park: Southside Park (2115 Sixth St.).

A part of Sacramento culture is the homeless population, which you will most likely find here, though I have yet to encounter anyone I haven’t gotten along with. Here at Southside Park, throw a frisbee, climb trees, practice your slackline skills, take a walk around the pond and do whatever public park activities you enjoy taking part in. Just keep ‘em legal.

Flower bouquet from the farmers market Saturday Evening: Check the schedule and head on over for an hour or two at Sincere Ceramics (5931 Power Inn Road, Ste B).

Learn how to throw clay to create bowls, cups or vases, or if that college ceramics class paid off, create something lavish. Used as a meditation by many, Vogue claims, “Pottery Is the New Yoga!”… take that as you will. To finish off the evening, head to Shady Lady Saloon (1409 R St.) for Southern fare and live music at what to me feels like a popular speakeasy.

Sunday Morning: Wake up and slowly rise anytime from 8:00 a.m. to noon to catch the Farmer’s Market (Eight and W streets, under the freeway).

Fresh and local food, flowers and other goods take over the large open space. Bonus: If it’s raining, the entire market is covered by the bridge.

Sunday: With all the events happening in Sacramento recently, check online for what’s going on this weekend.

Whether it’s a brewers festival, a fermentation festival or live music and good food, something is happening. If none of that sounds interesting, go for an outdoor jaunt in Auburn (Cronan Ranch), head up to the Yuba River, wine taste at the Old Sugar Mill (35265 Willow Ave., Clarksburg), or rent a boat (Sacramento Boat Rental) and cruise the Sacramento River while the last bit of summer sticks with us.

Sunday Evening: Wrap up the day with a full relaxation routine from either Capitol Floats (3513 Broadway) or Asha Urban Baths (2417 27th St.). At Capitol Floats, submerge your body in a tub filled with warm water and epsom salts, and observe gravity, temperature, touch and sound fall off your radar as the body’s senses are calmed. Asha Urban Baths is a less intense version of relaxation, filled with warm tubs, hot tubs, cold dips and massages to bring your mind and body back to stasis for the coming week.

Pack the calendar with all sorts of activities or choose one to become re-introduced into the beauty of Sacramento.

Rest, relax and adventure on.

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BASTILLE ENDS THEIR SUMMER BY PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THEIR THIRD ALBUM WORDS JAMES BARONE • PHOTO EWEN SPENCER

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t’s been five years since Bastille released their debut album, Bad Blood, featuring the hit single “Pompeii,” which propelled them to international indie rock stardom. After all this time, it’s still my go-to shower sing-along jam. I get real into it, too. It’s got pretty much everything I love about music: its lyrics are stirring and evoke not only the doomed city of antiquity for which it takes its name, but also themes of death and rebirth, and it’s catchy and upbeat enough that it doesn’t bum me out, even as Bastille’s chief songwriter muses, “How am I gonna be an optimist about this?” It’s either happy about being sad or sad about being happy or I don’t know. I just really dig it. And obviously, I wasn’t the only one.

However, it’s success was a bit of a surprise to the members of the band, according to drummer Chris “Woody” Wood.

“We thought it was good, but we never thought it was going to be as big as it was,” he said. “We always thought the song called ‘Flaws’ was going to be the biggest song.

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went on to say. “But it was our booking agent who called it. Everyone else, they’re all lying, basically. Rewriting history.”

In the time since, Bastille continued their successful trajectory. Their sophomore effort, 2016’s Wild World, snagged Best Album at the 2017 NME Awards. And Bastille wasted little time to get back into the studio. They’re already poised to release a third album, Doom Days, at a date yet to be determined as of the writing of this article. This summer, the U.K.-based band gave fans a taste of what to expect when they released the first single from the album, “Quarter Past Midnight.” Spoiler alert: It’s totally shower sing-along worthy.

We spoke with Wood a few days before he and the band were set to play Dcode Festival in Madrid alongside Imagine Dragons. Bastille will come to the United States for a short string of dates including the City of Trees Festival right here in Sacramento. Wood filled us in on what he and the band were up to this summer (when he wasn’t watching England’s matches in the World Cup) and told us how he became a “second album wanker,” but first, we took a brief political interlude.

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Currently we’re at home, putting finishing touches on the album at the minute.

We’re going to be flying out on Sunday to Madrid. The good thing about Europe is that everything is like two hours away from each other … It’s all very convenient, that is until Brexit hits, and then we’ll all be living in mudhuts.

Are you worried about how Brexit is going to affect your livelihood?

No one knows. It’s criminal really … A bunch of grumpy old people voted to leave and all the youngsters wanted to stay. We’re quite fond of freedom of movement. I’m married to a German … But a bunch of grumpy old racists decided we should leave …

Here in America we’ve got our hands full with grumpy old racists, too …

Right, right. There are a lot of parallels there.

Summer is festival season. How has it been working on the album, having to go back and forth?

It’s actually been alright. Festival season is my favorite time of year to be in a band.

It’s kind of like being in summer camp, where you go and see your friends over the weekend … The schedule for us hasn’t been too grueling—not quiet, but we’ve kind of pulled back a little bit, because we wanted to get things done with the album, and then we’ll hit things pretty hard next year. We’ve just been booking small tours and bigger festivals. Just keeping the engines warm for a bit.

You said the festivals were like summer camp. The Dcode Festival has a great lineup, and when you come to Sacramento for the City of Trees Festival, you’ll be playing with Odesza and Chvrches. Do you get a chance to check out the other bands at festivals?

We always try and do that … Dcode festival will be the first time ever we’re on the same bill as Imagine Dragons, and they’re friends of ours. We’ve kind of tread a similar path.

After many years of touring, we’ll actually be able to see the boys play in person. We always try to check out other acts and see what’s going on, because if you’re not careful, you can get into your little bubble.

You’ve got to keep up with what’s going on around you.

Do you ever hear or see a band doing something that’s maybe outside the box for what you do with Bastille and want to incorporate it into what you’re doing?

Maybe accidentally. We don’t try to steal things on purpose … I guess subconsciously you see certain tricks, like Imagine Dragons, by complete accident, we both ended up having a shitload of drums on stage. That was by no design. It just kind of happened.

I think everyone’s influenced, whether it’s consciously or subconsciously, I suppose.

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I saw a live clip posted on YouTube of your band performing “Quarter Past Midnight” at Royal Albert Hall with a full orchestra and chorus. Will you be bringing any of that over to the States?

I would love that so much. That tour was a passion project more than a money project.

There was a lot of bodies on stage. We were really fortunate that a really talented friend of ours, a trumpet player for Public Service Broadcasting, Johnny [JF] Abraham, helped us re-orchestrate all the songs and reimagine them … It’s something we talked about for ages, but we had this quiet period in-between albums, and it was like, this would be a good time to do it. We only managed to do eight dates. Never say never, but it would take a lot to get all that over there [laughs].

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It was cool to hear that, because the song sounded so full and rich, but there’s also a performance of “Pompeii” where you performed acoustically in a park with just a small ring of people around you, and the songs translated well in both settings. Which kind of performance speaks to you the most, the big crowd or more intimate settings?

You’re asking the most biased person, because I’m the drummer, the attention seeker, and I like really, really loud shit. Will [Farquarson], our guitarist, he wouldn’t mind it if it’s stripped down a bit, but I’d just kind of clap or click fingers in the background because I play drums.

I saw the rainbow Natal kit you posted on your Twitter feed. Before you were talking about having a lot of drums on stage, do you think there’s such a thing as too many drums?

Yeah, there is. During the first album, my kit was much smaller than it is now. I told myself that I’m not going to be that second album wanker who gets a drum kit that all of a sudden has 25 million bits of kit to set up just because someone else is doing it for him. But as the second album finished, I was like, “Oh shit, I have to grab this for this song, and this thing here,” and then by the end of it, I was like, “Aw, I’m that second album wanker! Fuck!” … There are a couple of songs where I come off the drum kit and come down to the front, and there’s an upside-down bass drum and an electronic pad and [I] perform some of the more electronic songs that way.

Bastille will play this year’s City of Trees Festival at Papa Murphy’s Park at Cal Expo in Sacramento on Sept.

22. Also on the bill will be Odesza, Chvrches, Blue October, Arden Park Roots, Dirty Heads and others.

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Revival at the Sawyer Liquid Wednesdays Night Swim w/ Guest DJs, 8 p.m.

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Cafe Colonial Lux, Fatamorgana, Rubble, Nervous Hour, 8 p.m.

The Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

Community Center Theater Boz Scaggs, 7:30 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum ArtMix: CrockerCon feat. Be Brave Bold Robot, Sleeprockers and More, 6 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Karaoke Night & DJ Matty B, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Michael B. Justis, 8 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Femmes of Rock, 7:30 p.m.

Heritage Plaza (Woodland) Thursday Night Live at the Plaza: The Timebandits, 5 p.m.

Legends at Woodcreek Steven Menconi, 6 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Gypsy Jazz D’Jam, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides John Rodriguez, 7:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Press Club Lightweight, Chris Hahn Band, Rebel Holocrons, 8 p.m.

Sacramento State: Union Ballroom Mexican Independence Day Celebration w/ Banda Rorros La Perrona De Sacramento & Los Guraches, 7:30 p.m.

Shine Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; Jason Ricci, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Bobby Zoppi & the Corduroys, 9:30 p.m.

Shady Lady Crescent Katz, 9 p.m.

Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts (B Street Theatre) Poncho Sanchez, 7 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Billy Idol, White Reaper, 7 p.m.

Torch Club Gina Villalobos, Amee Chapman, 5:30 p.m.; Quique Gomez, 8 p.m.

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Bar 101 Bryan James, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Eva and the Vagabond Tales, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp Kill The Precedent, Peace Killers, Frack, Your Mom, 9 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Engelbert Humperdinck, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Get Married, Tiny Stills, Danger Inc., Free Candy, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Capitol Friday’s Reggae Night w/ DJ Veyn, 10 p.m.

City Church of Sacramento Summer Music Fest w/ LSB Band, Arthur Jae, 6 p.m.

The Colony Twitch, Happy Pill Trauma, Pimp Nasty, xHostagex, Cheap Shoes, No More, Hugo Sánchez, 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, The Apocalypse Blues Review, 6:30 p.m.

The Fig Tree Victory Garden, Brian Dahl, 7 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Two 20, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Anton Barbeau, Alex Walker, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ CrookOne and Guests, 10 p.m.

Goldfield Trainwreck, Tommy Odetto, 7:30 p.m. @ The Grounds Placer County Breast Concert Ever 2018 w/ Jewel, Calum Scott, A Great Big World, Ocean Park Standoff, 5 p.m.

Harlow’s Dead Winter Carpenters, The Golden Cadillacs, MerryGold, 8 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra, 7:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Adrian Bellue, Forest Bailey, Caliscope, 7 p.m.

Legends at Woodcreek Acoustic Measures, 6 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge William Mylar’s Hippie Hour, 5:30 p.m.

McConnell Estates Winery Cynthia Renee, 5:30 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Occupy the Trees, Name the Band, Beatrice, 8:30 p.m.

Opera House Saloon Press Play, Invincible (Pat Benatar Tribute), 9:30 p.m.

Palms Playhouse Felix y Los Gatos, 7:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Porchlight Brewing Co. JonEmery, 7:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Wonder Bread 5, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Raley Field Jake Owen, 6 p.m.

Ace of Spades Built To Spill, Prism Bitch, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 The Bongo Furys, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. The Moves Collective, 3 p.m.

Big Sexy Brewing Co. 2nd Year Anniversary Party w/ The Philharmonik, SpaceWalker, Control-Z and More, 5 p.m.

Blue Lamp Sacto Storytellers, Panic Talk, Square Cool, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Boots on the Boardwalk w/ North Forty, Dennis Becker, 7:30 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Engelbert Humperdinck, 8 p.m.

The Center at Twenty-Three Hundred Jazz at 2300: Reggie Graham, Darren Rahn, Greg Chambers, 6 p.m.

The Colony The Quitters, Ground Score, The Cutthroats, Get Out, Khaos Assault, Purgaterror, Throat Rip, 7 p.m.

The Fig Tree Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Mach 5, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose The O’Mally Sisters: Kally & Ally , 9 p.m.

Goldfield Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Mike Pinto, 7:30 p.m.

Harlow’s The Sugar High Band, 9 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts The Four Phantoms, 2 & 7 p.m.

Holy Diver Alestorm, Gloryhammer, Exiled From Grace, 6:30 p.m. (Sold Out) Legends at Woodcreek Island of Black and White, 5 p.m.

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Luna’s Cafe The Mark Chrisler Band, 7 p.m.

Momo Sacramento Champion Sound: Reggae, Dancehall, Hip-Hop, feat. DJ Soul-Jah, 10 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Eddie Honeyeater Student Recital, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Lipstick Presents: Animals In the Attic, DJs Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio, 9 p.m.

Palms Playhouse Red Meat, The Nickel Slots, 7:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Placerville Public House Mookatite, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Throbaq, 9 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

The Purple Place Cash Prophets (Johnny Cash Tribute), 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Maya, 10 p.m.

Revival at the Sawyer Encore w/ DJ Lady Kate, 9:30 p.m.

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Shine The Travis Larson Band, 8 p.m.

Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts (B Street Theatre) John Waite, 7 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Bombadil, 9 p.m.

South Natomas Community Park Natomas Pops in the Park w/ Latin Touch, 5 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Nicky Jam, Christian Nava, 7:30 p.m.

Torch Club The Hucklebucks, 4 p.m.; Daniel Castro, 9 p.m.

Two Rivers Cider Company The Comedians, The Globs, Coast Office, 6 p.m.

Vernon Street Town Square Concerts On The Square: Foreigner Unauthorized, 7:30 p.m.

Veteran’s Field (Galt) 2nd Annual Vetstock Festival w/ Oleander, FLAW, Smile Empty Soul, Failure by Proxy, A ​ mong the First, TriggerEffect, Riotmaker, Ca$h Cartell, Ghost Color and More, 11 a.m.

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Berryessa Brewing Co. Frankie and the Fabletones, 3 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Julio Bravo y su Orquesta Salsabor, 1 p.m.

Canon Endless Summer: A Tropical Evening Party w/ LaTour, Shaun Slaughter, 4 p.m.

The Colony Eugene Ugly, Rex Means King, The Brankas, Yawzea, 6:30 p.m.

Crest Theatre The Alan Parsons Live Project, 6:30 p.m.

Denio’s Farmers Market & Swap Meet Anything for Salinas Band: Tribute to Selena, 12 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Acoustic Sundaze w/ The Albertson Duo, 3 p.m.

Freeport Wine Country Inn & Bistro Summer Music Series: Sharp, 4:30 p.m.

Goldfield Cracker, 7:30 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Clay Walker, 8 p.m.

Holy Diver Brent Faiyaz, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) LowBrau Throwback Jams w/ DJ Epik & Special Guests, 9:30 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Factor IX w/ DJ Bryan Hawk, DJ CarnieRobber and Guests, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Placerville Public House The Tepid Club of Cool, 1 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings, 3 p.m.

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

Red Museum Sacramento Audio Waffle #47 feat. War Hippy, San Kazagascar, Reaper, Brother Steed, Lucidbeaming, Collapsist, 12 p.m.

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Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts (B Street Theatre) Todd Snider, 6:30 p.m.

St. John’s Lutheran Church Nathan Laube, 3 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m.

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The Fig Tree Monday Night Blues, 7 p.m.

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

Harlow’s Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Paul Cherry, 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 Monday Jazz w/ Byron Colburn, Swimming In Bengal, 8 p.m.

Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5:30 p.m.

Press Club The Moans, Jerk!, The Bitters, 8 p.m.

Shady Lady Alex Jenkins, 9 p.m.

Central Park (Davis) Picnic in the Park: Sidetracked, 4:30 p.m.

The Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 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 Rayland Baxter, Skyway Man, 7 p.m.

Holy Diver KBong, Kash’d Out, eRRth, 6:30 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Ross Hammond, 5 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Live Blues Jam Session, 8 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Jazz Jam w/ Byron Colburn, 8 p.m.

Momo Sacramento Blues & Bourbon feat. Mark Hummel & The Deep Basement Shakers, 5:30 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Revival at the Sawyer Liquid Wednesdays Night Swim w/ Guest DJs, 8 p.m.

Sacramento State: Union Serna Plaza Nooner w/ Noirre, 12 p.m.

Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts (B Street Theatre) Corey Harris & Guy Davis, 7 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Sean Lehe, 5:30 p.m.; Peter Petty & His Double P Revue, 9 p.m.

9.18 9.20 TUESDAY

Blue Lamp American Culture, Fonty, 8 p.m.

The Fig Tree Irish Session, 6:30 p.m.

Golden 1 Center The Eagles, 6:30 p.m.

Harlow’s The Soft White Sixties, King Dream, 7 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Momo Sacramento Blu, Self Jupiter, 6:30 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Beginning Bluegrass Club, 6:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

On The Y Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts (B Street Theatre) Cris Williamson, Barbara Higbie and Teresa Trull, 7 p.m.

Torch Club Richard March, 5:30 p.m.; Sicky Betts, 8 p.m.

9.19 WEDNESDAY

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

Blue Lamp Polyorchids, Pisscat, Freature, Captain Cutiepie, 8 p.m.

THURSDAY

Ace of Spades Trevor Hall, 7 p.m.

Blue Lamp ArnoCorps, A Band of Orcs, The Fools, 8 p.m.

The Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Karaoke Night & DJ Matty B, 9:30 p.m.

Goldfield Maggie Rose, 7:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Sunday School, Drop Dead Red, Gypsy Solution, 7 p.m.

Heritage Plaza (Woodland) Thursday Night Live at the Plaza: Whiskey & Honey, 5 p.m.

Holy Diver Lincoln Durham, Sam Jones, Sam Eliot, 7 p.m.

Legends at Woodcreek Amador Sons, 6 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Renee Dion, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Sol Horizon, Sacto Storytellers, 7:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Ashley Barron, 9:30 p.m.

Press Club No Fun At All, Sederra, Yankee Brutal, At Both Ends, 8 p.m.

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

Shine Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; Sac Lunch, 9 p.m.

Toyota Amphitheatre Rascal Flatts, Dan + Shay, Trent Harmon, 7:30 p.m.

9.21 FRIDAY

Ace of Spades Bob Moses, Mansionair, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Treehouse, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Scott Guberman, 5 p.m.

Big Sexy Brewing Co. PolyFunktion feat. Dylan Crawford and DJ Zephyr, 6 p.m.

Blue Lamp Woe, Wvrm, Body Void, Gloriam Draconis, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Capitol Friday’s Reggae Night w/ DJ Veyn, 10 p.m.

Crest Theatre Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Amy Stroup, 7 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon 8 Track Massacre, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose KUTZ FM Benefit w/ Delayed Sleep, Temple K. Kirk, Ian McGlone, Raymond Schau, 8:30 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ CrookOne and Guests, 10 p.m.

Goldfield No BS! Brass Band, The Eddy’s, 7:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Tainted Love, 9 p.m.

Holy Diver Richie Kotzen, Vinnie Moore, Gus G., 7 p.m.

Legends at Woodcreek Ariel Jean Band, 6 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge William Mylar’s Hippie Hour, 5:30 p.m.; Dirk Lang Band, 9 p.m.

McConnell Estates Winery Julie & the Jukes, 5:30 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Boz Scaggs, 7 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Marty Taters Birthday Show & BBQ Dinner feat. Elijah Bell, Carly Duhain, William Jones, 3D Watermelon, This Is This, Loose Threads, Sal Valentino, George Jenkins and More, 7 p.m.

Opera House Saloon 27 Outlaws, 9:30 p.m.

Palms Playhouse BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, 7:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

PJ’s Roadhouse It’s Butter, Claybourne, Sam Peter & The Village, Dylan Punturo, 8 p.m.

Placerville Public House Jonny Mojo and Friends, 8 p.m.

Porchlight Brewing Co. Jessica Malone, 7:30 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

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Red Hawk Casino The Spazmatics, 9:30 p.m.

Shady Lady Joe Mazzafero, 9 p.m.

Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts (B Street Theatre) The Baylor Project, 7 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Cheap Trick, Ann Wilson, 7 p.m.

Torch Club The Outcome, 5:30 p.m.; Stevie Redstone, 9 p.m.

9.22 SATURDAY

Ace of Spades The Aquabats!, Kepi Ghoulie, Dog Party, 6 p.m.

Bar 101 Samantha Sharpie, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. San Geronimo, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp The Real McKenzies, Whiskey & Stitches, The Pikeys, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Bat Guano Fest 8: The Strange Party, Pisscat, Banger, Unsteady Heights, Car Crash Hearts, Foghorns, The O’Mulligans, Cassette Idols, 5 p.m.

Crest Theatre Marc Broussard, The Dales, 6:30 p.m.

Denio’s Farmers Market & Swap Meet 80’s Retro Show w/ Just Like Heaven (The Cure Tribute), Invincible (Pat Benatar Tribute), 11:30 a.m.

The Fig Tree Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Folsom Historic District Folsom LIVE: Walter Trout, Dennis Jones Band, Island of Black and White, The Nickel Slots, Randy McAllister, Earth To Mars (Bruno Mars Tribute), Tom Rigney and Flambeau, RepresA and More, 5 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon The Sock Monkey, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Vasas, Clevers, 9 p.m.

Holy Diver Chelsea Wolfe, Russian Circles, 7:30 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe An Evening of Poetry and Song w/ Kathyrn Hohlwein and Gene Avery, 5 p.m.

Momo Sacramento Soulful Saturdays feat. Daryl Black, 6 p.m.; Noche Caliente w/ Stylo, 10 p.m.

Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra w/ Wynton Marsalis, 5 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Beatles Night, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides The Jack, 8 p.m.

On The Y Infecto Skeletons, Twitch Angry, Lost Idea, 9 p.m.

Opera House Saloon Heartless (Heart Tribute), 9:30 p.m.

Papa Murphy’s Park at Cal Expo City of Trees 2018: Odesza, Bastille, Chvrches, Blue October, Dirty Heads, Arden Park Roots, Lucid, Lovely the Band, OnOff, Just Loud, Me and You, Zephyr, Robbie and Blue, FVME Squad, Andrew Hollis, 3 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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Placerville Public House Eazy Dub, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Grooveline, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

The Purple Place Dog Park Justice, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Superbad, 10 p.m.

Red Museum Red Ex: Vol. II feat.

Cherry Glazerr, Drug Apts, Curls, Tiki Dreamers, Exquisite Corps, Perhapsy, Tino Drima, Makebelief, Mini Hahas, Tre Burt, Indijeane, 3 p.m.

Revival at the Sawyer Encore w/ DJ Lady Kate, 9 p.m.

Shady Lady Hayez Band, 9 p.m.

Shine Rosemother, Origami Ghosts, Roland Tonies, 8 p.m.

Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts (B Street Theatre) Ray Wylie Hubbard, Caleb Caudle, 7 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Latin Night, 9:30 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Tesla, Oleander, 7 p.m.

Torch Club Reds Blues, 5:30 p.m.; Big Sticky Mess, 9 p.m.

9.23 SUNDAY

Berryessa Brewing Co. Mike Blanchard and the Californios, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp Monsters and Thieves, Shane Quidachay, Nate Curry, Signor Benedick the Moor, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Nihil, Murderthroat, A Waking Memory, Nail The Casket, Atomic Flounder, 6 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Rocio y Su Sonora, 5 p.m.

Denio’s Farmers Market & Swap Meet The Trish Perry Band, 11:30 a.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Acoustic Sundaze w/ Island of Black and White, 3 p.m.

Golden 1 Center Romeo Santos, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Juvenile, 7 p.m.

Holy Diver The Early November, The Dangerous Summer, Jetty Bones, Demon in Me, 6 p.m.

LowBrau Throwback Jams w/ DJ Epik & Special Guests, 9:30 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Factor IX w/ DJ Bryan Hawk, DJ CarnieRobber and Guests, 9 p.m.

Momo Sacramento Freewheelers Cello Band, 5 p.m.

Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera feat. Maria Callas, 7 p.m.

On The Y Toy Called God, The Ellusive Furs, Heat of Damage, 9 p.m.

Palms Playhouse Matt Anderson, 6:30 p.m.

Papa Murphy’s Park at Cal Expo For King & Country, Plumb, Unspoken, Hannah Kerr, 4 p.m.

BLUES & BOURBON FEAT. SELWYN BIRCHWOOD Momo Sacramento 5:30 p.m.

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Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Val Starr and the Blues Rocket, 3 p.m.

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

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 9 p.m.

Westminster Presbyterian Church Concert Across America to End Gun Violence, 4 p.m.

9.24 MONDAY

Antiquite Maison Privee Mike Greensill Quartet, 7 p.m.

The Fig Tree Monday Night Blues, 7 p.m.

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

Golden Bear Sunmonks, Bryan John Appleby, TomTem, Sessworld, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Chris Webby, ANoyd, R-Mean, Rook, 6 p.m.

Holy Diver The Spill Canvas, Punchline, Selfish Things, Perfect Score, 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 Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m.

Masonic Temple Leon Joyce Jr. Quartet, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5:30 p.m.

Shady Lady Massive Delicious, 9 p.m.

9.25 TUESDAY

Blue Lamp Witch Ripper, Aequorea, Ctrl All Delete, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk For the Fallen Dreams, Obey the Brave, I Am, Of Virtue, With Wolves, Lost Horizons, 6 p.m.

Holy Diver Boonk Gang, Ray Dubb, 7:30 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Papa Murphy’s Park at Cal Expo Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, Jake Burns, 6:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Leigh Guest, 5:30 p.m.; The Living Street, ZuhG, 8 p.m.

9.26 WEDNESDAY

Ace of Spades Hippie Sabotage, 7 p.m.

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

Blue Lamp SensaMotion, Ital Vibes, Natural Revolution, 8 p.m.

Central Park (Davis) Picnic in the Park: Hambone Slim & The Blues Dues, 4:30 p.m.

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

Dave’s Pumpkin Patch Nashville In the Neighborhood: Granger Smith feat. Earl Dibbles Jr., Chase Rice, Jimmie Allen, 4:30 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ AAKnuff, 8 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole, Shawn Pimental, 8 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Ross Hammond, 5 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Live Blues Jam Session, 8 p.m.

Momo Sacramento Blues & Bourbon feat. Selwyn Birchwood, 5:30 p.m.

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BARBERA FESTIVAL Terra d-Oro/Montevina Winery 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Palms Playhouse Eliza Gilkyson (CD Release) w/ Nina Gerber, 6:30 p.m.

Press Club Emo Night Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Revival at the Sawyer Liquid Wednesdays Night Swim w/ Guest DJs, 8 p.m.

Sacramento State: Union Serna Plaza Nooner w/ Drunken Kung Fu, 12 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Sean Lehe, 5:30 p.m.; Kara Grainger, 9 p.m.

Comedy Laughs Unlimited Underpaid Hilariously Funny Tour w/ Dejan Tyler, Erik Clark, Carlos Rodriguez, Amy Estes, Steph Sanders (Host), Sept. 12, 8 p.m.

O.J. & Friends Comedy Showcase w/ B.A. Hunter, Wendy Lewis and More, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.

Gospel Comedy Explosion feat. E Clark, Jonno, Stephen B, Dennis Gaxiola, Sept. 15, 1 p.m.

Justin Rivera feat. Brent Pella, Sept.

14 - 16, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

All Ages Family Show w/ Justin Rivera, Sept. 16, 1 p.m.

43rd Annual SF Comedy Competition Semi-Finals Hosted by Tommy Lama, Sept. 18, 8 p.m.

Nick Larson, Aivy Cordova, Ed Mena, Hosted by Chris Smith, Sept. 19, 8 p.m.

Hailey Boyle feat. Matt Gubser, Sept.

21 - 23, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Caring for Yolo’s Youth Fundraiser w/ Hailey Boyle, Matt Gubser, Sept.

22, 1 p.m.

Tris & Them Comedy Show feat.

Aziza Jones, Shaun G, Dan Smith, Mel B, Sept. 26, 8 p.m.

Liaison Lounge The Head Doctor Show w/ Andrea Kitten and Company, Sept. 21, 8 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Open Mic Comedy w/ Hosts Jaime Fernandez and Michael Cella, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

MOMO Sacramento Dabsolutely Comedy with Ngaio Bealum, Sept.

16, 6:30 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Christopher Titus, Sept. 13, 7 p.m.

Howie Mandel, Sept. 15, 7 p.m.

On the Y Open Mic Comedy w/ Guest Hosts, Thursdays, 8:30 p.m.

Punch Line There Goes the Neighborhood Comedy Tour, Sept. 12, 8 p.m.

Dan Soder, Ramon Rivas, Joey Avery (Host), Sept. 13 - 15, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri., 8 & 10:15 p.m.; Sat., 7:30 & 9:45 p.m.

Ramon Rivas, Matt Lieb, Joey Avery (Host), Sept. 16, 7 p.m.

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Sacramento Comedy Showcase, Sept. 19, 8 p.m.

Michelle Wolf, Keith Lowell Jensen, Sean McKenzie (Host), Sept. 20 - 21, Thurs. & Fri., 7:30 & 9:45 p.m.

Sal Vulcano w/ Special Guest, Sept.

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Lance Woods, Sept. 23, 7 p.m.

Really Funny Comedians (Who Happen to Be Women) feat. Ta Vi, Irene Tu, Krista Fatka, Kelly Pryce, Shannon Murphy (Host), Sept. 26, 8 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Spot Open Mic, Sunday’s and Mondays, 8 p.m.

Improv Taste Test and Harold Night, Wednesdays, 7 - 10 p.m.

Cage Match and Improv Jam, Thursdays, 8 - 10 p.m.

Anti-Cooperation League, Saturdays, 9 p.m.

STAB! Comedy Theater The Reps: A Weekly Drop-In Improv Workshop, Thursdays, 7 p.m.

Comedy Open Mic, Thursdays, 9 p.m.

STAB! Podcast Panel Show, Fridays, 10 p.m.

Tommy T’s Mo’Nique, Sept. 14 - 15,Fri., 7:30 & 10:15 p.m.; Sat., 7 & 9:45 p.m.

Cody Woods & Mario Hodge, Sept.

21 - 23, Fri., 7:30 p.m.; Sat. & Sun., 7 p.m.

West Sacramento Black Box Theater Real Men Wear Pink Comedy Bonanza w/ Krista Fatka, Michael Cella and More, Sept. 14, 5:30 p.m.

Misc.

8th and W Streets Certified Farmers Market, Sundays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

16th and H Streets Tearing Walls Apart: Immersive Art Exhibit by Local Students, Live Performances and More, Sept. 23, 12 - 8 p.m.

20th Street (Between J and K) Midtown Farmers Market, Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

B Street Theatre at The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts Upstairs at The B Festival, Sept.

11 - 14 Blue Cue Trivia Night, Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

Broadway & 3rd Ave Gather: Oak Park, Sept. 13, 5 p.m.

Cal Expo KVIE KidsFest, Sept. 15 - 16, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Destination Travel Show, Sept.

21 - 23 California Automobile Museum Heroes and Rogues Weekend, Sept.

15 - 16, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Capitol Garage The Darling Clementines: Capitol Cabaret, Sundays, 7 p.m.

Carmichael Park Carmichael Founders Day, Sept. 22, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Plaza Sacramento Burger Battle, Sept. 13, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) Country Club Plaza Certified Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum ArtMix: CrockerCon, Sept. 13, 6 p.m.

Testament of the Spirit: Paintings by Eduardo Carrillo, Through Oct. 7 The Elaine and Sidney Cohen Collection: of Contemporary Ceramics, Through Nov. 18 Nature’s Gifts: Early California Paintings from the Wendy Willrich Collection, Through Dec. 31 Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Trivia Night, Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

Discovery Park 24th Annual California Brewers Festival, Sept. 15, 1 - 5 p.m.

Florin Road & 65th Street Certified Farmers Market, Thursdays, 8 a.m.

- 12 p.m.

Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. @ The Grounds Placer County Globe Healing Expo, Sept. 15, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Guild Theater Ode to Earth IV w/ Host April Walker, Sept. 22, 7 p.m.

Highwater The Trivia Factory, Mondays, 7 p.m.

Historic Old Folsom Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m.

Holy Virgin Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church Mediterranean Food and Music Festival, Sept.

15 - 16 Kupros Craft House Triviology, Sundays, 7:30 p.m.

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

Sac Unified Poetry Slam, Sept. 21, 8 p.m.

Maple Neighborhood Center 2nd Annual Hot Literary Nights, Sept.

15, 7 p.m.

MARRS Building PARK(ing) Day 2018, Sept. 21, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Mather Airport California Capital Airshow, Sept. 21 - 23 McClatchy Park Oak Park Farmers Market, Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Compassionate Sacramento Launch and 916 Day, Sept. 16, 1 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Salsa Lessons, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Old Sacramento Waterfront Embarcadero Free Waterfront Yoga Series, Mondays, 12 p.m.; Wednesdays, 6:30 a.m.

Sacramento State: Union Serna Plaza Free Moonlight Movie: Black Panther, Sept. 20, 7 p.m.

Sacramento State: University Union Gallery Spring Delusions by Zahra Ammar, Through Sept. 20 Shine Sac Culture Night: Variety Show feat. Music, Art, Comedy, Magic, Sept. 21, 8 p.m.

St. Anthony Catholic Church St. Anthony Parish 25th Annual Community Festival, Sept. 15, 12 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Pub Trivia, Sundays, 8 p.m.

Strikes Unlimited (Rocklin) Let’s Get Quzzical: Trivia Game Show Experience, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

Sunrise Light Rail Station Certified Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m.

- 12 p.m.

Terra d-Oro/Montevina Winery Barbera Festival, Sept. 15, 11 a.m. 4 p.m.

Vernon Street Town Square The Greatest Showman: Movie Night Sing-Along, Sept. 22, 8 p.m.

Village of Fair Oaks 13th Annual Fair Oaks Chicken Festival, Sept. 15, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Yolo Brewing Co. Trivia Night, Tuesdays, 6 p.m.

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KICKSTARTING A NEW ADVENTURE

THE AQUABATS GIVE THEIR FANS WHAT THEY WANT (AND PAID FOR) WORDS RONNIE CLINE

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fter almost 25 years of donning their costumes and fighting off evil villains like the Powdered Milk Man, EagleClaw and of course The Sandfleas, The Aquabats are still going strong. Though it has been seven years since their last album, and more than four years since their television show, The Aquabats! Super Show! went off the air, the band continues to play sold out shows across the country.

However, finding time to get together can be kind of tricky for The Aquabats these days since all of the members (Ricky Fitness on drums, Eaglebones Falconhawk on guitar, The MC Bat Commander on vocals, Crash McLarson on bass and Jimmy the Robot on keys) have careers outside of the band.

The band’s Kickstarter campaign came to be due to their fans’ requests for more albums and live-action content, which is difficult to produce without a record label or television network support.

“We all have other jobs doing other things like paying the bills and things like that,” said Christian Jacobs, aka The MC Bat Commander. “So the whole idea was to connect with our fans and be able to

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keep doing it and extend it into another year.”

The Aquabats have been successful in reaching their minimum Kickstarter goal. This guarantees a new album and six mini episodes of their live action adventures. The more they raise, the more content they will be able to create, which is why they have decided to extend their campaign’s closing date to the end of September.

“We’re extending it another month, because the fans wanted us to keep going,” continued Jacobs. “They wanted more time to push it further. We also thought that being on the road and doing the Kickstarter would help get the word out better, so we have six or seven shows in September, and we just want to make sure that all of the people we are playing to know that it’s happening.”

During September, The Aquabats will be playing in Sacramento, San Francisco and Cleveland, as well as Riot Fest in Chicago.

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surprising appearances was by the Robert Smigelvoiced Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. “Robert Smigel, he and his kids are huge fans of the TV show,” said Jacobs. “He actually didn’t even know about The Aquabats, the band, before the TV show. We’ve just been friends with Robert and his kids for the last five, six years … He wrote us a letter and was like, ‘This is amazing. You guys, this is really, really good! You guys are making an awesome show and I can’t wait to watch it with my kids every week.’”

After receiving such a letter, The Aquabats were taken aback.

“For us, obviously huge fans of comedy and huge fans of Triumph and Robert Smigel’s Saturday TV Funhouse and Saturday Night Live, we were just shocked,” said Jacobs with glee. “This is a comedy legend telling us that we’re funny, you know. So that was really cool, and he’s been super awesome with the Kickstarter, so we’re trying to figure out some family friendly ways to weave Triumph into the show, too.”

However, Smigel isn’t the only member of the comedy community who has embraced The Aquabats.

“A lot of comedians I think get what we are doing,” Jacobs said. “Patton Oswalt is one. We’ve had Matt Walsh from Upright Citizens Brigade [on the TV show], Noel Wells, who was on Saturday Night Live and Master of None, we were the first television show she was on. So many comedians you wouldn’t think would be into The Aquabats have been really supportive.

“Also, we work with Mike and Matt Chapman who have done Homestar Runner … There’s a lot of weird connections that we’re surprised we have.

We’re always like, ‘Wait! You like our band, too?

That’s awesome; we like you!’”

Another unlikely appearance was by their old bandmate, drummer Travis Barker aka The Baron von Tito. Seeing Barker, in an Aquabats uniform again was something that I thought I would never witness, and at least for a while, Jacobs felt the same way.

“There was a time back in the day when he [Barker] first left the band and Blink just blew up and we didn’t communicate too much,” said Jacobs. “He was busy, and you know, we were kind of in the rear view mirror at that point.”

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Photo by Forrest Locke Years passed, Barker became a father, and the craziness of Blink-182 died down. That’s when the past bandmates started running into each other again.

“He came by the set a few times when we were doing Yo Gabba Gabba! [Jacobs was co-creator of the children’s show] and we worked with him on some remixes and stuff, so we’ve been in touch over the years,” said Jacobs.

This past year, Barker was also spotted reuniting with The Aquabats on stage while celebrating the 20th anniversary of the album he played drums on titled, The Fury of the Aquabats!

This reunion might not have happened if it wasn’t for a chance meeting in a vegan restaurant.

“Our bass player Crash was working, he was doing the electrical at a vegan restaurant in L.A. and he ran into Travis,” said Jacobs.

That’s when Barker brought up the idea of joining forces once again to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Fury of the Aquabats! by possibly touring.

“From there The Fury tour idea that Travis came up with actually turned into two shows that we did in L.A. It’s pretty cool, like 20 years later, I think there was a time when we never thought we would maybe ever talk to Travis again, just because his trajectory and the way he was going in his life was totally different than where we were,” said Jacobs. “It’s cool that it’s all come back together, and we’re all friends and that we can trip out on the last 20 years.”

By going the way of crowdfunding, The Aquabats will have complete control of the content they produce, which seems to be freeing, especially when it comes to the live action show.

“Whenever you work with a network on a show, you’ve got your vision on what you want the show to do and how you want it to reach people,” explained Jacobs, “and then they’ve got their agendas and most of their kind of agendas are directly tied to ratings and revenues.”

The mini episodes that The Aquabats have recently created in relation to their Kickstarter display exactly what they intend to do without a network looking over their shoulder.

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“They’ve been weird and strange and kind of whatever we want to do, and there’s no one there telling us, ‘No, you guys can’t do that,’” said Jacobs. “It’s just been us. So we’ve been able to serialize them, which networks don’t like. They want standalone stuff. We started out wanting to go the traditional route and raise money to do long form episodes, but we realized that for the same price of one episode we did, we could do like 10 or 15 mini episodes and essentially create this little, short form content— fun little things that we can serialize and make fun for people to tune into.”

With a promising year ahead that is already guaranteed to include a new album and a handful of Super Show! episodes, Jacobs reflected back on the past 25 years and recalled how The Aquabats began.

“Crash and I were roommates, and we were bored and just started writing songs,” he reminisced. “I didn’t even know him before we were roommates. We weren’t even friends before, so it just kind of was a happenstance thing that started this 25 year journey, and now we’re just trying to keep it going for a whole new generation.

I think the most fun thing is that we started The Aquabats as a fun way to be silly and entertain ourselves and now we look back and we’ve seen kind of the fruit of all the time we spent being in the band.

“We’re not anywhere close to Coldplay or U2 or anything,” Jacobs said while reflecting on his band. “But at the same time, to still be able to be a band and go out and draw an audience after 25 years, especially an audience full of young kids.

It’s pretty awesome. It’s pretty crazy.”

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NOIRRE READIES THE RELEASE OF HIS THIRD SOLO ALBUM, CHROMA WORDS RYAN KAIKA PHOTO DILLON FLOWERS

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he term noir is typically used to categorize retro crime films with a black and white visual style. We’re most familiar with the aesthetic of these films, but what entices us are the authentic and grim storylines and how the characters are affected. For pop renegade Noirre, we’re familiar with his sound: upbeat electronic pop music highlighted by melodic hooks; but what draws us closer are the stylistic variations to this typically uniform genre and the personal subject matter of his music. Although it may be difficult making sense of this world at times, the young artist is slowly finding comfort in the grayscale of life through his art.

Noirre, real name Devon Murray, began his music career at age 15, recording his first album Nite Tales, eventually releasing it when he turned 17. Born in Rocklin, California, Noirre comes from an artsy family; however, he’s a self-taught musician. He first gained traction in the music industry when a Tower Records owner in Japan contacted him with the intention of buying physical copies of Nite Tales. So, 10,000 copies and a couple hundred cardboard cutouts later, Noirre had established a global audience before he could legally buy a lottery ticket. That was in 2014; a year later, he released Nostalgia, expanding upon his diverse sound. While he may have coached himself through the first portion of his career, the story wouldn’t be complete without mentioning a unique cast of musically inclined characters.

His fellow band mates, The Usual Haunts, are an unusual group of friends.

Following the release of Nostalgia in 2015, Noirre recorded Living is Easy with The Usual Haunts and released the album in 2016. This album has more of a Grateful Dead indie jam band feel to it. The music is groovy, the artists are talented, but the unique element that made Noirre a hit in Japan was lacking.

Around the time that Living is Easy was recorded, Noirre and The Usual Haunts rented out a house known as “Spirit House” to establish a community for artists around the Rocklin area.

With the new house, graphic designers, musicians, painters, fashion artists and many other types of creative’s were free to live together, make art and empower each other to challenge the status quo. For a group of friends growing up in the suburbs, this was a place to “leave town without leaving

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town,” as Noirre explained.

“You want to paint a place like that as perfect, but every place has its own issues,” he continued when discussing his hometown. From an early age, he knew that something was unusual about his own perspective in an area like this.

“We’re a bunch of kids from the suburbs who shouldn’t know what we know. We brought ourselves to the fire and tried to burn off the fat,” Noirre said about his childhood.

The metaphorical fat: the lack of individualism in a town like Rocklin, one typically depicted as a “safe and nurturing” place for families, but a town with a sheltered outlook on life.

Noirre met CJ Caffrey, The Usual Haunts’ lead guitarist, when he was looking for a band to tour with in high school. “He’s a total wallflower … but I saw something in him … He was wearing a Ramones T-shirt, so I thought that was cool, and he could just play, and he adds a little something different,” Noirre said about the first official band mate. After securing Caffrey as a member, Noirre searched Twitter for another artist, leading him to find Dustin (Dusty) Soares, the first person that he found with a guitar as his profile picture. In a simple yet fateful decision, Soares introduced Noirre to the group’s future drummer, Noah Corbitt. The band was now official and the “Spirit House” would be ground zero for a new style of music that combined the spirit of punk and jazz rebelliousness with the hooks and melodies of popular music.

However, coming from a punk and jazz background made this a difficult transition, and during this time,

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Noirre experienced an existential crisis around the essence of his music. The Usual Haunts was a way to get away from the “pop” sound that he felt lacked depth. But this was a superficial ideal, one that came from the type of thinking that the “Spirit House” fought so hard to overcome. It was difficult, but he finally came to terms with this new sound.

“Tide rises all boats,” he said when talking about the mutual relationship he has developed with The Usual Haunts.

They do what they do best: jam out and perfect the craft. Noirre can be the man behind the dials, turning switches to create an authentic brand of music.

This evolution in thought led to his most recent album, Chroma.

Released in 2018, Chroma bookmarks the maturity that Noirre has gained in his music. The sound is more pop-like, but the content isn’t typically popular. Some parts of the album feel like a therapeutic session with the empathetic vocalist. “Freedom flying in my soul, diamond on my nose, Lucy in my bones, fuck where I’m at,” he sings, a new mantra for the Rocklin-born musician.

From a strictly musical perspective, the album is an introspective yet catchy work of art. The album is segmented into three chapters, split by variations of the title track. The first rendition, only 83 seconds in length, is a quick hit of a house-driven sound with a simple melody to level out our musical dose. The album continues with “She” and “Holy Grail”—the more popular tracks to ease the listener into his world. By the time “Chroma 2” hits, the album pivots into a semi-conscious, dream-like state. The hook is the same, but we slowly get pulled further into the album. By the end, “Chroma 3” fully immerses the listener into his subconscious. The song is longer, slower, but just as compelling as the first two versions.

Noirre described this album as a “healing process … an awakening.”

Keeping in step with his love for symbolism, the artwork for Chroma— NASCAR-themed font and colors— depicts the feeling you get when listening to the album, racing through his feelings from song to song with a colorful vehicle for music and a man at the wheel driving our thoughts. “It’s ironic, because it’s the most pop thing [I’ve made], but it’s so releasing for me,” Noirre said about Chroma.

The path to success doesn’t come without challenges, though, as Noirre is quickly realizing. Most of the feedback on his music has been positive, but the negative sentiment is slowly surfacing.

It’s never easy to be criticized, especially over something as personal as music, but he’s getting used to it.

“If you’re not hated, you’re not loved,” he said.

Pinpointing his audience is another challenge for the young artist. As an artist who crosses multiple genres, he never knows what to expect at shows. At a show earlier in his career at a Rocklin coffee shop, “kids were dancing on tables,” but when Living Is Easy came out, they saw more “cool kids with their arms crossed in the back.” But this, like many things he’s faced in his life, is but a minor challenge for a man who has found comfort in his art.

“I didn’t know what I was … All I knew that was black and white, was my music … my art,” he said, explaining the reason behind picking Noirre as his moniker.

In life, not much makes sense to us, but when you find something that does make sense, you tend to gravitate toward it. Noirre didn’t just shift towards his art, but immersed himself in it, and in turn, is bringing his listeners in closer for a deep look into his thoughts and dreams. His personal film is just beginning. The plot is slowly taking shape. We’re familiar with the format, we’re even familiar with the main character at this point; but what lies ahead is the unknown—a liberating notion for an artist from Rocklin who’s found solace in his craft.

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he creative energy in Sacramento is surging. From the diversity in the region’s live music scene to the legacy of innovation and creative vitality among its community of visual and performing artists, the feeling of civic pride is palpable. With creative businesses flourishing, creatives are taking hold of Sacramento and giving its residents reason to celebrate the various neighborhoods that comprise this diverse city.

For graphic designer Amber Witzke, this sentiment of community pride has manifested itself in her latest project: a limited-edition screen-printed poster titled Neighborhoods of Sacramento that memorializes every Sacto ‘hood from Greenbriar to Valley High and everything in between.

And while she was born in Santa Barbara—her family moved to the region when she was 3 years old—suffice it to say, Witzke reps Sacramento hard.

The project’s evolution came out of Witzke’s love for Sacramento and celebrating the 130 neighborhoods that connects all who inhabit the City of Trees. The work is currently being shown at Archival Gallery, where fellow devoted Sacramentans can show their love for the city by scooping up one of her graphic homages to the region.

“I grew up in Sacramento and I’ve lived pretty much my entire adult life here, and I have loved the city from the moment I moved down to Midtown,” Witzke gushes. “And recently, my now-husband and I were looking for a home to buy, and I just kind of happened upon all these different neighborhoods and realized how many different areas within Sacramento there are. The actual city itself I didn’t realize had all of these really cool names. Each of these little neighborhoods have their own distinct qualities.”

Born into a family of creatives, the newlywed’s passion for the arts revealed itself early in life, and she was compelled to contribute to the fabric of the local creative space.

“My grandmother is an artist. My mom is an artist. I always loved drawing and painting and anything creative as a child,” Witzke explains.

“So, when my dad brought home a computer, it was just like, ‘what can I do with this artistically?’ That’s kind of how I fell into design and advertising.”

This natural curiosity led Witzke to pursue a degree in design from Sacramento State. The intensity of

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Midtown to Downtown tote the program she says was vital to her development of discipline as an artist.

“The program is pretty difficult, and it’s pretty difficult to get into,” she explains. “You wouldn’t think being a state school it would be something that would be so desirable for so many people in California to get an art or design degree from, but they were really impacted, and it was really hard to get into.

“You had to go through a portfolio review where they would look at your work and see if they thought you had potential,” Witzke continues. “Then, once you got in, they actually did more of a fundamentals program; we didn’t spend any time on a computer—it was color theory and that sort of thing—and you come out of that with a portfolio and you go through another review for them to see if they’ll let you graduate.

It was pretty tough, and I’m really glad that [it was], because it teaches you discipline. A lot of people think that as an artist you don’t need to have that, but you really do, especially if you want to create stuff for yourself.”

As the senior art director at Un/ common advertising agency, Witzke taps into her creativity on the daily by serving the greater community through television and print ad campaigns for local governments, state administrations, as well as in the private sector.

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“I’ve been learning a lot about the city, and I’m very proud of our city. And it’s nice to see other people now appreciating it like I have for so long. That’s where it started, and it’s continued to grow and I’m trying to think of other ways to express the amazing diversity and the awesomeness of our city.”

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There’s definitely a lot of creative freedom that we have, and it’s fun to explore different areas of other people’s business and trying to come up with creative solutions for a lot of public issues.”

Drawing on the vibe of other projects that celebrate neighborhoods in other cities like New York and Paris, Witzke’s black-and-white graphic map homage to Sacramento sprung to life during the course of her wedding planning (in December 2017 to fellow graphic designer Jason Malmberg)

when she snuck in time over the course of several long nights spent visualizing and contemplating how best to articulate the diversity within the confines of the River City.

For the Neighborhoods of Sacramento project, while each neighborhood’s moniker leaps to life with a nod to a vintage vibe, the work is thoroughly modern, as each neighborhood is confined to the borders on the official city map—the creativity in fitting in each neighborhood was an exercise in patience and ingenuity. Letters are stretched and fit snugly within the

framework of each boundary, evoking an urban feel, fitting for a celebration of the grid and all of Sacramento’s outlying communities.

Initially, the project was offered as a limited-edition run of signed, 18-by24-inch screen-printed posters, but when the maps leapt off the shelves and quickly sold out with its first run at the ShopCuffs boutique in Midtown and Kicksville Vinyl and Vintage in the WAL Public Market, Witzke was approached

by Archival Gallery to show at the space with her Sacto tribute.

As Witzke looks forward to taking on new projects that boast the unique and diverse community she’s proud to call home, she cites her extensive research on the many communities in the area as that “aha” moment that brought everything together in the Neighborhoods project.

“I’ve been learning a lot about the city, and I’m very proud of our city,” Witzke says. “And it’s nice to see other people now appreciating it like I have for so long. That’s where it started, and it’s continued to grow, and I’m trying to think of other ways to express the amazing diversity and the awesomeness of our city.”

Keep up with Amber Witzke online at Facebook. com/shopamberwitzke, on Instagram @ missamberw or on her website, Amberwitzke. com. You can purchase her limited edition screen prints, totes and pins at Amberwitzke.myshopify.com. For her T-shirts and other merch, go to Redbubble.com/people/ missamberw. You can also check out Witzke’s work at Archival Gallery (3223 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento) through the end of September.

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HUNGRY FOR VENGEANCE INSATIABLE SEASON 1 NETFLIX WORDS MOLLIE HAWKINS It wasn’t until after I finished watching the Netflix original, Insatiable—all 12 episodes— before I realized that it was the show that pissed off the internet. In fact, NPR reviewed this show and called it “Lazy and dull, but at least it’s insulting,” which appears to be the sentiment heard ‘round the internet, all to match the 11 percent Rotten Tomatoes score.

Apparently it rubbed a lot of folks in a really inappropriate way, from fat-shaming, to gaystereotyping, to comical takes on serious topics like pedophilia and addiction. Plus, bad southern accents.

I didn’t know any of this before watching.

Picture it: London, a few weeks ago. I was walking about 10 miles per day and going on one meal a day (have you eaten food in London? One meal equals about five meals in Sacramento). Every night, I’d head back to my Airbnb in a jetlagged daze, stumble up the three-story walk-up in Chiswick every night, just needing to lie down and be a lazy and dull piece of shit and watch Netflix like the true American that I am. And after rewatching the London episodes of Friends more times than necessary, I decided to give this Insatiable show a chance. Why not?

I mean, it was, after all, a Netflix original. How could they steer me wrong?

They brought me GLOW, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and the holy grail of binge watching: Stranger Things (totally biased on this one, I mean, the town is my last name). So when I read the description of Insatiable, I was sold: former fat girl in the Deep South seeks revenge on everyone who treated her poorly by becoming a beauty queen. I used to be fat! In the Deep South! I would have loved

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to get revenge on a few redneck bullies of yesteryear (uh, the early 2000s)!

Alas, this is where the protagonist and I parted ways in similarities, other than the actress, Debby Ryan, being from my home state of Alabama. After half an hour into the pilot episode, I realize that the main character, Patty (because that rhymes with “Fatty,” get it?) has probably never been more than five pounds over her ideal weight in real life, which makes her graceless fat suit waddle a little unforgiving.

Patty brings us into her world as a high school student who is mentally tortured on a daily basis by her peers for being fat.

Aside from her best friend Nonnie (played

by Kimmy Shields), who may or may not be in love with her, Patty doesn’t have much going on for herself. Enter her salvation, in the form of a surly homeless guy who punches her in the mouth.

Why? Because she punched him first.

Because he was trying to steal her candy bar, of course. Glancing over the fact that a grown man punches a teenage girl in the face, Patty finds herself zooming three months into the future, whereupon she is magically thin from having had her jaw wired shut. But it’s just the beginning of her real problems: The homeless guy is suing her for punching him in the face. And because Patty’s mom is a raging, useless alcoholic (of course), she becomes a probono case for a local lawyer, Bob (played

by Dallas Roberts), who just so happens to be a beauty pageant coach.

The problem with Bob is that he’s been disgraced in the pageant world. After his “student,” Dixie (played by a feisty Irene Choi), loses a pageant, her mom (played by an even feistier Arden Myrin) stands up and proclaims that Bob inappropriately touched her daughter. It’s all wildly untrue, though this indiscretion is exactly what brings Bob and Patty together to form a dynamic duo, who plan to take the cruel town by storm (and, you know, deception

and murder). To make things even saucier, the mom who claimed Bob assaulted her daughter is sleeping with Bob’s son, Brick (Michael Provost).

Confused yet? I was, too. Yet somehow this show forces you to keep watching, like passing a car crash in the middle of rush hour on the 80. You want to see what happens to “Fatty Patty” as she awkwardly navigates the pageant world like a bull in a china shop. You want to see what happens to Bob’s wife, played by Alyssa Milano, as she secretly pines for Bob’s arch nemesis, played by a sexually confused Christopher Gorham. You want to see what happens to Bob’s other arch nemesis, played by Beverly D’Angelo (seriously, the star-studded cast is wild). You want to see what happens to everyone who wronged Patty, because suddenly she starts to go beyond just “bullied teen” and morphs into a homicidal maniac.

Shit gets weird. By the end you feel dizzy with anger, sadness, slight empathy (?) and confusion. There’s a lot of Drew Barrymore references. As a former fat person from Alabama, I can say that this show is more like a spectacle than an offensive backlash against society. The failure of Insatiable is that it’s not smart enough to be truly offensive, or maybe I’m just too dull and lazy to get riled up about it.

I give this show a 3/5 stars, because seeing Michael Ian Black as a southern pastor really made things interesting.

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I’m not sure I know what a hero is. Sure, I’m well-versed in comic book lore and know a fair bit about mythology and folklore, but these are archetypes, and, you know, pure fucking fantasy.

Heroes in the real world are an entirely different matter. They work for the Peace Corps, stand up for racial injustices and other selfless acts of bravery. I wouldn’t call myself a hero, though the young raccoon I once rescued from its battle against an empty bag of Cheetos might tell you otherwise. But I’m also fairly certain that writing an anonymous op-ed to a venerable newspaper doesn’t classify as heroic.

Ballsy, maybe, but ballsy and heroic are two different things. Ballsy is, like, wearing a Giants jersey in the bleachers at Dodgers Stadium. “Look at the balls on this guy,” a Dodgers fan may say to one of his or her buddies, even though we are safe to assume that this hypothetical person in a Giants jersey is wearing pants and the balls we’d been requested to take a look at would be obscured from view. I suppose attending any public event completely pantsless would also classify as ballsy—bordering on brazen, even. I think what I’m saying here is doing something ballsy is cool and all, if that’s your thing, but it’s not necessarily something you should be revered for. It’s just a thing you do that someone else may remark upon. You shouldn’t expect to be praised for committing an act of ballsy-ness. Like, say, devoting a whole paragraph of your column to the word “ballsy” when you’ve only got so much space to work with and this thing only comes out every couple of weeks. I guess I’ve wasted another chance to get that Pulitzer.

It’s also ballsy to even run such an op-ed in the first place. (I’m just going to assume that you know what I’m talking about, because I’ve already wasted enough space deconstructing the word “ballsy.”) The New York Times has been in business a long time, and because of this thing called the internet, it hasn’t been easy for print publications to stay afloat. The one thing the Times has going for it is it’s the goddamn New York Times. I’d like to believe that they wouldn’t publish an anonymous op-ed from a senior White House official if they weren’t certain that this source was credible and had some clout within

the Trump administration. Sure, you could say that the shock value alone is reason enough to run with it and dominate the news cycle until the next tell-all book comes out or the next indictment gets handed down. But if it turns out that whoever wrote this anonymous op-ed was, like, someone in the mail room or something, then you’re going to end up looking pretty bad.

On Sept. 8, James Dao, New York Times’ Op-Ed editor, answered some questions about how this whole business came to be on Nytimes.com.

“We’ve certainly read excellent news stories that quoted anonymous officials making similar points and criticizing the president’s temperament and chaotic style,” Dao wrote in response to one reader’s question as to the Times’ thought process in deciding to run with an anonymous byline. “What distinguished this essay from those news articles was that it conveyed this point of view in a fleshed-out, personal way, and we felt strongly that the public should have a chance to evaluate it for themselves.”

Dao also wrote that they were introduced to the author through an intermediary, but had direct contact with the author as well.

Who’s the culprit? Who knows. I wouldn’t be surprised if everyone in the cabinet chipped in to write it, and they just released it as “anonymous” so they’re all kind of covered. I mean, because that’s what a hero would do.

What bothers me most about the whole thing is that even though there are “adults” in the room who are saving the republic from complete and utter collapse, supposedly, they’re still kind of OK with this dude being president.

He’s “amoral” and needs to have his “worst inclinations” frustrated, but it’s fine that he’s got the launch codes and is palling around with all these dictators. It’s fine. They’re adults.

They’re just gonna write this here essay that’s going to make the crazy amoral orange man freak the fuck out, because, um, reasons. Thank you for your service …?

There’s going to come a time, many years from now, when our grandkids are going to ask us about all this, and we’re going to say, “How about we just tell you how babies are made?”

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