There was a surprisingly small turnout for Sugar & Gold and Yip Deceiver, two quality indie acts, at Blue Lamp Saturday night. Maybe the numerous free options of Second Saturday kept folks away, but, despite the numbers, both groups turned out solid performances. Yip Deceiver — featuring Of Montreal members Davey Pierce and Nicolas Dobbratz — took the stage late and kicked things off with their take on experimental electro pop, performing songs including "Sadie Hawkins Day" and "For All the Haters." Pierce bantered with the crowd constantly — "People who know me, who truly know me, know I like two things: karaoke and meth. We're going to do some karaoke, because that's fun for us." — and

Day 2 of the second annual Sacramento Electronic Music Festival continued at the Townhouse Lounge on Friday, featuring performances by Little Foxes, Boss Magic, Melee Beats and FAVORS, among others. The three-night festival showcases local and international electronic-centric artists, and the SEMF vision is "to continue to foster a supportive music community while attracting world-class talent to Sacramento, not just at the annual festival, but throughout the year." Friday night Roger Carpio and Shaun Slaughter were among the DJs who held court nonstop on the first floor with a wide range of music (New Order, The xx, Crystal Castles) and kept the sexy people of Townhouse sweaty all night

This Thursday you'll have a chance to end 2010 on a good note by catching indie-rock fave Pinback at Harlow's. The heart of the San Diego band has always been Zach Smith and Rob Crow, and with an upcoming album on the horizon and to stay fresh creatively, the duo is taking a different approach to performing on their current outing. As Smith explains: "We've decided to have some fun and present our songs in a new light. Instead of playing our songs the traditional way by having a backup band play all of our extra parts we thought it would be entertaining and fresh for just the two of us to play live. The idea is to present our music at times in a more broken down manner very similar sound

Some of Top 40 radio's hottest acts performed at a packed Arco Arena on Friday night for 107.9 The End's annual Jingle Ball concert. The 2010 edition featured performances by 3OH!3, Jesse McCartney, B.o.B, and Paramore. Here are some photos from the show: 3OH!3: Nathaniel Motte of 3OH!3 Sean Foreman of 3OH!3 Crowd at 3OH!3 Nathaniel Motte of 3OH!3   Jesse McCartney: Jesse McCartney Jesse McCartney   B.o.B: B.o.B B.o.B B.o.B and friend. B.o.B   Paramore: Hayley Williams of Paramore Guitarist Taylor York of Paramore Vocalist Hayley Wiliiams and bassist Jeremy Davis of Paramore Jeremy Davis of Paramore Hayley Williams and drummer Zac Farro of Paramore Hayley Williams