The domestic housewife is modernized, upgraded and vilified through Teri Gender Bender, lead singer of Le Butcherettes. Long, dark tresses do little to hide selected performance attire of black hosiery, floral aprons and bloody makeup. The musical style, just as creative, reflects typical garage punk band elements, and then adds experimental aspects which reflect the “artistic project” explains Bender, that is Le Butcherettes. Emerging out of Mexico City, this trio has been showcased at esteemed festivals such as Outside Lands and Lollapalooza, and has opened for the likes of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Deftones and currently, The Flaming Lips. Their debut album, “Sin Sin Sin,” released January 2011

From a press release issued by the band: Sacramento stalwart punks The Secretions are celebrating their 20th anniversary as a band by hitting the road for northern Italy on an eight day tour, from April 15 to 22. The tour wraps up with a show featuring CJ Ramone's new band with Daniel Rey on guitar, and Italy’s own legends The Manges. For the stateside celebration in Sacramento, CA, The Secretions have planned a three-night festival show for Memorial Day Weekend dubbed "Suck-Fest", a nod to the band’s motto “We Secrete, You Suck.” The Suck-Fest will be held at Citrus Heights bar The Fire Escape, and the Saturday and Sunday shows of the weekend will be all-ages. The Secretions will share

Dressed in his archetypal black robe, a long scarf draped in front of his chest, singer Ebbot Lundberg of The Soundtrack of Our Lives portrayed the proverbial “priest” of Swedish space rock. Ascending down to the intimate level of his focused fans, Lundberg handed the microphone to their lips in a psychedelic sing-along, splashing champagne and existential curiosity onto the floor of Harlow’s last Friday night. This scene exudes the very essence of The Soundtrack of Our Lives, also known as TSOOL, an invincible group of former punk rockers who seek to bridge enlightenment through entertainment: vocalist Lundberg, guitarist Ian Person, guitarist Mattias Borjed, keyboardist Martin Hederos,

You should be just about mended back to health from your New Year’s hangover, so come to Harlow’s on Jan. 2 for another night to party and stave off that post-holiday depression for a few more hours.   Call it ska, call it reggae, call it jazz, call it what you will: The Slackers are bringing it all to Harlow’s on J Street Sunday night. This year makes 20 that the Brooklyn-born sextet has been rocking-steady both the east and west coasts, and now we get a taste of the slackness here in Sacramento.  Tickets are $12 at the door. Show starts at 8 p.m http://www.theslackers.com/ http://www.myspace.com/theslackers  

Sac State has changed quite a bit in the past several years. The school campus seems to be in constant flux and construction repairs take place in many parts of the campus. It seems the school, for the past couple of years, has expanded their event and entertainment venue. Punk Slam is one of their newer venues taking place on campus. The Punk Slam menu took place at the University Union Ballroom where students and visitors attended the music-wrestling event. The free concert attracted mostly students to the show. The acoustics in the ballroom were great and as we entered the room Drastic Actions were well into their set. Students, for the most part, stood and enjoyed the show. Some audi

An interview with Henry Rollins may seem like an intimidating one -- not only because the punk rocker, actor and spoken word artist’s hulking frame, myriad of tattoos, steely brush cut and bristling stare leave him looking like a discharged drill sergeant. His demeanor seems to hold an even deeper intensity, especially during his impassioned spoken word rants about current affairs that he’ll bring to the Crest Theatre June 3. That intensity was also showcased in the questions he posed to his guests on "The Henry Rollins Show." He would sit on the edge of his seat, posture rigid, each query rapidly fired as he pounced on subjects with a rigorous vigor that could leave any reporter worried

32 years after his first US tour brought him to UC Davis' tiny Coffeehouse, Elvis Costello returned to the campus. But this time, he was no longer the angry young "punk" fronting the Attractions and battling audience members. Instead, he is something of an elder, in his mid-50s and playing a stage that more often features orchestras and jazz greats. When he played Davis in 1978, the "real" Elvis (Presley) was not yet dead a year, and this young upstart was actively hated by some traditionalists who resented his tongue-in-cheek name (he was born Declan McManus) and resented his short, sharp pop. At that UC Davis Coffeehouse show, someone in the audience was antagonistic enough to push a mi

Disclaimer: the contributor of this and his wife run Movies on a Big Screen (MOBS), Sacramento’s weekly screening series of documentaries, general independent film, classics and cult titles. The following is blatant self-promotion of MOBS events. Here's a look at the next six weeks at Movies on a Big Screen.  There's lots of stuff here, so dig through it all - then get out and see something!  We've even included some "special" Valentine's Day-themed programming!   January 24, 2010 7:30 pm MOBS at The Guild, 2828 35th St, Sacramento (corner of 35th & Broadway) Admission: $5.00 Trust Us, This is All Made Up Some foolishly believe that "improvising" is simply "making things up." To a de

Brian McKenna is marking 20 years of booking and promoting shows in Sacramento. In the mercurial world of show business, that’s a long time. The event on Saturday also is his 40th birthday; McKenna figures the first shows he promoted in 1989 happened earlier in the year. But who wouldn’t want to throw a birthday party with a bunch of cool bands? “I decided to get all the people I started promoting shows with 20 years ago, who are also some of my favorite people,” McKenna says. The birthday-anniversary show at Harlow’s will feature Victoria, B.C. punk band Nomeansno, resurgent local stoner-rock combo Kai Kln, and Triclops!, a San Francisco band formed by members of Victim’s Family, Flesh

Ongoing: Personal Lives Art Exhibit Through April 11, 2009 Wednesday-Friday: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM; Saturday: 12 Noon – 5:00 PM Friday, March 20, 2009 at 7:00 PM – 3D performance by Greta Snider and Johunna Grayson. Verge Gallery 1900 V St Sacramento, CA (916) 448-2985 http://www.vergegallery.com/ A photography exhibition by Greta Snider, Johunna Grayson, Cynthia Yardley, Jessamyn Lovell, Rebecca Crowther, and Juliana Paciulli. From Snider and Grayson's stereoscopic slide shows about place, to Paciulli's fictional narratives portraying adolescent themes, to Crowther'sappropriated homecoming queen photos, Personal Lives explores notions of place, family, privacy, identity, gender, and innoce