Operation Restore Maximum Freedom X: SATURDAY 10/2

Sat, 10/2
KDVS Presents: O:RMF X

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Although the next Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom Festival is on the same day as day two of the Norcal Noisefest, I trust that all will know where their interests lie. The folks at KDVS have done it again, bringing the only known festival of its kind to our area, and thankfully, more than once a year! The very impressive line-up for this O:RMF follows, and you know how much can be found on the web about all of these acts – Do your research!  Pleasing you will be: Wounded Lion (LA), AIDS Wolf (Montreal), Super Wild Horses (Australia), Ganglians (everywhere), Dream Date (SF),Greg Ashley (SF), Mattress (PDX), Shannon and the Clams (SF), Psychic Reality (Not Not Fun), Big Black Cloud (PDX), Young Prisms (SF), Buk Buk Big Ups (full band revue), and Sacramento’s own hip-hop prophet, Random Abiladeze. A dizzying outdoor day of awesome integrity, cheap beer, and high-fives galore. Hooraaaaah!! –Troy Mighty

Plainfield Station, 23944 Road 98 Between Woodland and Davis, 2PM – 11PM, $8 presale, $10 day of

Musical Chairs

Rick Ele, better known as DJ Rick, is a one-man tsunami of indie music enthusiasm.  By turns KDVS DJ, booker, tour driver, cheerleader, roadie, promoter, merch guy, reviewer and band-entertainment-specialist, Ele wears so many hats in the Sacto music scene that had he accepted the recently-offered gig to run a club in France it would have taken 6 people to even begin to replace him here.  The truth is, he’s irreplaceable.  Ele is the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object, over and over again and then getting up each morning to go to his day job.    Here’s his thoughts on music, 2009.. Read more »

Mattress TONIGHT at Luigi’s Fun Garden


Hello all,

Tonight (Friday, Sept 26th), MATTRESS from Portland, Oregon will be playing live at Luigi’s Fun Garden with Green Green, Sister Crayon and Dead Western. He has a great new record out on a Canadian label, as well as a 7″ released on local label, Malt Duck. Recommended if you like lo-fi synth and pop. Mattress has been compared to the likes of Suicide and Nick Cave. You could also add Blank Dogs to that list. Show starts at 9pm, 18+ and it’s only $5!

I will see you there, with a beer in my hand and a song in my heart.

Watch the “El Dorado” video.