Ground Chuck meets Anaal Nathrakh. Insanity ensues
Metal heavyweights Anaal Nathrakh launched their North American tour in Sacramento Monday night, and they displayed their excellent taste by exalting our city’s own heavyweight,…
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Doom metal band Church releases new album
<a href=”http://transylvaniantapes.bandcamp.com/album/church-unanswered-hymns” _cke_saved_href=”http://transylvaniantapes.bandcamp.com/album/church-unanswered-hymns”>Church – Unanswered Hymns by Church</a> Local doom metal band Church released its new album last week, and you can get in on…
Gastronomicon: War of nuggets enters phase of novel failure
Don’t believe the #hashtag. There’s something of a chicken nugget power struggle going on right now, easily seen in the escalating arms race between Burger…
Sacramento metal band Battle Hag releases demo
<a href=”http://battlehag.bandcamp.com/album/battle-hag” _cke_saved_href=”http://battlehag.bandcamp.com/album/battle-hag”>Battle Hag by Battle Hag</a> Local metal band Battle Hag released a new demo today and you can listen to it on Bandcamp…
Gastronomicon: Taco Bell's Sriracha Quesarito revels in density and excess
Taco Bell seems to have always pursued edginess in new offerings. Sometimes, these fringe products find enough success to get rolled into the main menu,…
Unusual metal band Botanist overgrows Press Club on Sunday
Plant-worshiping black metal beaten out on dulcimers, prog-grind, blackened crust, doom folk, psych doom—The Press Club had a whole lot of something for weirdo music…
Pliny the Younger comes (and goes) from Sacramento on Wednesday
Capitol Beer and Tap Room cracked Sacramento’s first keg of Pliny the Younger of 2015 on Wednesday, and I tried it myself for the first…
Patriarchy unwelcome at Butch Vs. Femme reunion show
Glitter, shouts of “fuck the patriarchy” and some makeup that looked like corpse paint made for a hell of a show at the Press Club…
Battle Hag, Shadow Limb and Helms Alee crush the Press Club
Battle Hag lets its notes hang heavy on the air like the fake fog they pump out before their set. But only for a few…