G. Love’s “Fixin’ to Die” hits stores on Tuesday, February 22. G. Love & Special Sauce’s tour in support of the new album comes to Harlow’s (2708 J St.) on Wednesday, April 13. Tickets are $25 and are currently on sale through Harlow’s ticket page. Stay tuned to Sac Press the week of the show to read an interview with G. Love, with his thoughts on the new record and recording with the Avett Brothers. Scott Avett said it best about G. Love’s “Fixin’ to Die:” “This is the record we all knew he should make and he could make.” Truth be told, he basically did make it once already with 1998’s “G. Love Has Gone Country,” but that was an independent release that was so under the radar, you can p

As my good friends in Dr. Dog would say, “Where’d All the Time Go?” Like most concert junkies out there, it’s easy to look back on 2010 and think about the concerts that I should have gone to but didn’t, for whatever reason popped up that kept me on the couch with my blankie and watching “Friends” reruns. Tight budget? Hangover? General lameness? They all showed up at one point or another. But New Year’s is always a time for reflection on the year past, for looking ahead at what’s to come, and making stupid “go to the gym more” promises that will fizzle out in a cloud of whiskey and Häagen-Dazs by mid-January. With that in mind, let’s take a look back at some of the best concerts of 201

G. Love and Special Sauce brought summer early to Harlow's Wednesday night. A packed house of several hundred people crammed into the nightclub, body heat permeating an otherwise chilly winter night. Button-up T-shirts and hats were popular among the mostly 20- and 30-something crowd, most of whom were ironically watching a Winter Olympics ski event by the bar. Redeye Empire, a Vancouver-based rock group, left the stage a little after 9 p.m. Anticipation grew for T-shirt clad Garrett "G. Love" and his laid-back, summertime-blues band Special Sauce, while images on TV of a snowy Vancouver mountain captivated the crowd, drawing collective "oohs" and "aahs." At about 10 p.m., G. Love kicke