Arts & Culture

After an11-year hiatus,the Blue Bomber is back with his ninth installment,Mega Man9.But you won’t find fancy graphics and complex game play likeGrand Theft Auto4andSpore.Instead,MM9goes back to its8-bit roots and with it comes old school game play.

Give these tracks a listen: “The End Of The Line“ “The Day That Never Comes“ For fans of: Dave Mustaine Meg White

Boasting an ultra-convenient trip onto the San Francisco Bay,the second annual Treasure Island Music Festival brought headliners Justice,TV on the Radio,Tegan and Sara and the Raconteurs for a long-winded two days.

MUSIC The Gallus Brothers Today, 10 p.m., $3-5, 21 Sophia’s Thai Kitchen This Washington-based duo are brothers from different mothers who make the kind of ol‘ fashioned ragtime blues that could make the stiffest of wallflowers do a merry little jig in their seat.   Hoots and Hellmouth, Ben Lewis Friday, 10 p.m., $3-5, 21 […]

080911_ar_humanhost.C   Human Host The Halloween Tree Fall Records   Rating: 4   A band could be easily rated by the talent of its members – at least enough to warrant an oversimplified number to kick-start an album review. But that criterion would be a simplification itself. I suppose bands could be rated by any […]

Give these tracks a listen: “Commonwealth Girl,” “Father War“ For fans of:Of Montreal,Pavement,The Breeders

Editor’s picks: Mirah with Spectratone International Tuesday, 8 p.m., 21 The Press Club in Sacramento Digable Planets Wednesday, 10 p.m., 21 Harlow’s in Sacramento

After facing possible termination, what began as a serious challenge to the survival of Davis-based community radio station KDRT finally reached a compromise in August. The issue began when KMJE, a station owned by Results Radio based in Gridley, Calif., filed an application to move to Woodland. The station also operates at 101.5 FM and has a much larger range than KDRT, and the move would thus replace KDRT’s signal in Davis.

Editor‘spicks: Canoe,Adam & Darcie,Drew Danburry Friday,7p.m. MStreet and Colgate Laura Gibson,Ricky Berger Saturday,8p.m.,$5-7 Old Firehouse

Modern metal is known for its extremely opinionated fan base almost as much as it is for its music.Always ready to chastise you about how much your music sucks compared to theirs in a lengthy online forum post,these fans are arguably some of the most stubborn and critical people out of every angsty teen-dominated genre.

True,a weekend-long festival can barely be summarized in one photograph – but Broken Social Scene’s10-person musical entourage is telling of how much was happening in Golden Gate Park.

When it comes to consumer culture,the question of want versus need inevitably arises – is thisitem something you really need,or do you just want it?