AltWeeklies Wire
Sacramento rapper and convicted gang member Mozzy now one of the music industry's most-wanted commoditesnew
Mozzy is poised to become the biggest rapper ever out of Sacramento. And yet the troubled past that informs his raps and fuels his success might also lead to his demise.
Sacramento News & Review |
Blake Gillespie |
03-21-2016 |
Music
Far Away, So Closenew
Beloved Sacramento rock band Far broke up more than a decade ago. Now they’re reunited with a new record—and old struggles.
Sacramento News & Review |
Nick Miller |
05-13-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Far
Music Companies Use 'Mafia' Strategies to Crack Down on Local Businessesnew
ASCAP, which touts itself as a performance-rights organization, has developed quite a reputation in Sacramento. Local business owners have complained of receiving unsolicited bills that demand immediate payment, repeat phone calls and visits from sales representatives, and even a bit of intimidation regarding fines and lawsuits.
Sacramento News & Review |
Nick Miller |
07-02-2009 |
Music
Can I Bite Your Thigh? A Trent Reznor Interviewnew
The Nine Inch Nails frontman goes off on a failed record industry and life as an indie artist after decades of appeasing "asshole" executives.
Sacramento News & Review |
Alia Cruz |
12-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
What Rhymes With Suck?new
Since its inception, rap has gone from eloquent to total shit. Just plain dumb. Here's how.
Sacramento News & Review |
Josh Fernandez |
08-03-2007 |
Music
Tags: Ja Rule
Central Valley Power Playnew
Don't say you weren't warned about Rademacher's impending hugeosity.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
07-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rademacher
Hater Baitersnew
How does Sacramento really feel about its hip-hop scene?
Sacramento News & Review |
Josh Fernandez |
06-28-2007 |
Music
Colin Hay: Business as Usualnew
Even as an independent contractor, the former Men at Work frontman remains, well, a man at work.
Sacramento News & Review |
Edward Dunn |
05-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Colin Hay
Dead Men Don't Play Pianonew
Sony's new voodoo doesn't do a historic record any favors.
Sacramento News & Review |
Edward Dunn |
04-27-2007 |
Reviews
The Freewheeler, Revisitednew
We find middle ground between the musicianship and the mythos of Dylan.
Sacramento News & Review |
Edward Dunn |
10-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Dylan
He Can Make it Herenew
James McMurtry writes a song about downsizing and finds his popularity in an upswing.
Sacramento News & Review |
David Riedel |
09-29-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Well, You Need Itnew
This newly released CD set reveals how Monk taught Coltrane to be himself.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
Music Piracy = The New Terrorism?new
Is the war on terror in Iraq or in your iPod?
Sacramento News & Review |
Nicholas Miller |
03-16-2006 |
Music
Dylan & Menew
A music critic spent the summer riding his bike around Sacramento, obsessing about the magic in the music of one Robert Zimmerman. He was searching for inspiration. Did he find any?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jackson Griffith |
09-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Dylan
