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.
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's picks:
Canoe, Adam & Darcie, Drew Danburry
Friday, 7 p.m.
M Street and Colgate
Laura Gibson, Ricky Berger
Saturday, 8 p.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's 10-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 this item something you really need, or do you just want it?
On the road to hosting the sixth annual Davis Jazz Artists Festival, the John Natsoulas Center for the Arts will be looking for the next generation of William Burroughs, Allen Ginsbergs and Jack Kerouacs.
Give these tracks a listen: “Red Moon,” “In the New Year”
For fans of: Yo La Tengo, The Unicorns, The Velvet Underground
Editor's picks
Arcs, Casper Pony, The Heather Show
Friday, 7 p.m.
M Street and Colgate
Jeremy Jay, Fancie, Pets, Green Green
Saturday, 9 p.m., $6
Luigi's Fun Garden
When UC Davis evolution, ecology and behavior Ph.D. Tim Lee first started doing stand-up comedy five years ago, it was painful - audiences are not generally patient with a bad comic and he was no exception, he said. Nonetheless, he wasn't going to let that discourage him forever.
Some may say that the local theater scene has been slow to catch up to those of other Californian cosmopolitan cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco.
But Sacramento-based theatre company Artistic Differences is trying to include the state capital as yet another destination for provocative theatre production in California with its performance of bare, a musical chronicling two teenage boys struggling with their sexuality while in a Catholic boarding school.
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