The Reverend Horton Heat was preaching to the choir Wednesday night at Ace of Spades. The legendary psychobilly phenomenon has been on tour since December 2010 promoting their new album, Laughin’ & Cryin’ with the Reverend Horton Heat, as well as those old Horton Heat classics we love them for. Mass began with the local Sacramento punk band, Another Damn Disappointment (A.D.D), who seriously tore up the stage. Don’t let their name fool you, there is nothing disappointing about A.D.D. Their high energy act, which channels sounds similar to punk greats like NOFX and Bad Religion, tore into the admittedly small crowd of early arrivals. A few diehards at the front of the stage made a sad att

This past July a new recording studio popped up on Sacramento's radar.  Sanctuary Recording Studios was founded by DJ Reason & Mr. Blap to provide musicians of all types with a very exclusive and private recording studio experience. Loaded with talent and all the gear to feed it these guys are in a prime position to take Sacramento by storm. When you walk in you insantly walk up some stairs to the Penthouse Suites of an office building/business park just outside of Downtown Sacramento.  As you reach the second floor you are faced with 1700 square feet of creative space.  At the far end of the hall you'll find their isolation booth...a comfortable 130 square feet and comes with an "in-boo

The Sacramento County Historical Society Presents: Rock and Radio Museum Tour & Talk With Dennis Newhall and Mick Martin Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 7:00 PM 907 20th St., Sacramento (between I & J streets) Longtime media producer and onetime KZAP disc jockey Dennis Newhall and KXJZ "Blues Party" radio show host Mick Martin will reminisce about rock for SCHS at the newly reopened Rock and Radio Museum. The museum is on the site of Sacramento's 1980s rock nightclub, the Oasis Ballroom. Begun 10 years ago as a display of Newhall's collection of rock music memorabilia from the 1950s to the present , the collection has grown to over 2500 pieces and an informal museum. It is normally open to t