The Sound of State
Low Tides by Acito is one of the most impactful projects to drop from a Northern Californian artist last year. I first heard of Acito on a menacing collaborative track titled 20916 featuring Sacramento’s Truly Goonie. The storytelling ability of the two illuminates the reality of violence and the need for survival in their respective cities, Stockton’s 209 […]
I’ve been to SOMA many times as an audience member as well as a concert photographer, but I’ve never experienced SOMA this way. This time, SOMA was crawling with ghouls, clowns, and jesters of all ages. Lines were long for everything that was offered and it reeked of smoke in the building, so it seemed […]
Before their concert at the Observatory in North Park, I got the chance to interview guitarist and original member Nick Hamm of Citizen. A long time staple in the post-hardcore, emo, and shoegaze scene, Citizen is touring to celebrate 10 years of their debut album “Youth” along with their most recent album “Calling The Dogs”. […]
Energy. The one word needed to describe the show put on at the Observatory in North Park this past Wednesday the 25th by Citizen and their openers, Cryogeyser, Modern Color, and Narrow Head. The first act to take the stage was Cryogeyser at 7:30. Slow melodic riffs accompanied by the dissonant vocals and rhythm guitar […]