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Former Sacramento resident Shannon Curtis will be performing in Sacramento on Saturday, July 16th at The Naked Lounge.

While you are waiting for that, check out her song ”Brightest Light in the Room.” It’s described as alternative-electro-downtempo-dream-pop. Also, the story behind the music touches on important human rights issues currently being discussed in the US: the end of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, and the rights of gay and lesbian Americans to marry.

Listen to “Brightest Light In The Room”

From the press release:

“I received an email last summer from a fan in Saint Louis asking if I’d consider writing a song for her marriage proposal to her girlfriend,” says Curtis. “My immediate response was, ‘Absolutely!’” Several more emails helped Curtis fill in the details of the couple’s story — including that one of the women is currently battling cancer. Read More…

Vancouver’s Said The Whale will be playing at the Naked Lounge (1111 H Street) on March 7th. For more info about the show check out the NL web site. As for the band, here’s a piece from their bio:

Their music has been described as “nodding at times to the sea shanties of Neutral Milk Hotel and at others to the boat-shoe-gazing of Vampire Weekend” (The National Post). Their songs range from backwoods folk on “False Creek Change” to danceable ukulele/glockenspiel rave ups on “Goodnight Moon” and create a diverse mix for any indie/pop lover.

Said The Whale web site

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Mad Planet is an ambient, electro-soul/rock, duo from Los Angeles. Their sound is often compared to Portishead, Massive Attack, etc. and they are playing here in town. The details:

Sat. Nov 6th at the Naked Lounge with Death Bot and Spacehook. Doors open at 9PM with a $5 cover charge.

Check their web site for more about Mad Planet.

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Oakland Americana band, The Shants, are be taking their Southern folk and country sounds up and down the West Coast in August, kicking off their tour in Sacramento. See them at The Naked Lounge, 1111 H  Street in Sacramento, on August 19. The show starts at 8:00 PM and cost is $5.00. Joining the kickoff party will be locals Not an Airplane, and The Foxtails which is the debut of a new band from Erik Hanson (The Stragglers, Forever Goldrush) and Brianna Lea Pruett.

From their press:

Though only a year old, The Shants have garnered praise from FILTER, No Depression, San Francisco Chronicle, and music blogs like Beat Surrender and A Truer Sound. The Shants’ slow-burning sound originates from the rural backgrounds of its members: from South Louisiana delta pines, to the brusk plains of Minnesota, to the rolling hills of the Central California Coast. The Shants now call Oakland, California home. They have shared the stage with Basia Bulat, Adam Acuragi, Damien Jurado, Christina Antipa, Grand Lake, and many others. NOTE: After moving from his hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana… singer Skip Allums spent a few years in Sacramento before settling in the Bay Area.

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Today’s Sacramento Bee had a nice article on all-ages music venues here in Sactown. Hey, music doesn’t care how old you are! You can read their article here.

It begins:

Much has been made of midtown and downtown Sacramento’s resurgent night life scene, with its wine bars and swank cocktail lounges. But a different renaissance is occurring as well – one less shiny, more grass-roots and definitely aimed at a younger crowd.

Sacramento’s all-ages music scene, once mostly spread out to suburban venues such as the Boardwalk and Club Retro, both in Orangevale, has centralized over the past few years and especially the past several months, with several intriguing all-ages (as opposed to 21-plus or 18-plus) venues opening either in or within a guitar pick’s throw of midtown.

And it goes on from there, check it out. Then let us know, did they get it right? Did they leave out the best place? If you have an opinion or an addition, feel free to leave us a comment.

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