{"id":1820,"date":"2016-05-12T01:06:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T01:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=1820"},"modified":"2024-04-15T01:06:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T01:06:39","slug":"foothills-fresh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=1820","title":{"rendered":"Foothills fresh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Something in the water<\/strong>: For those who rarely catch local bands unless they happen to be opening for a national act, make&nbsp;<strong>Nevada City\u2019s Pinnacles<\/strong>&nbsp;an exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regular concertgoers know there\u2019s already something special in this region and its surrounding areas: Dan Elkan from&nbsp;<strong>Broken Bells<\/strong>&nbsp;once played in the now-defunct Them Hills; Zach Hill from&nbsp;<strong>Death Grips<\/strong>&nbsp;started Legs On Earth;&nbsp;<strong>Joanna Newsom<\/strong>&nbsp;got her start playing tiny cafes and local venues; and let\u2019s not forget about power trio E V Kain and Jonathan Hischke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And while there are countless other lesser-known examples we could cite without referencing Wikipedia, the best way to find out about them is to get out more often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pinnacles are a professional-sounding yet unsigned quartet who have practiced and perfected their craft well before ever stepping onto a stage. Now with multiple albums under their collective belt, they\u2019re a huge draw in Nevada City and its immediate area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, they\u2019re assigned the early slots in Sacramento. Led by vocalist-guitarist Justin Hunt and guitarist-vocalist Robbie Landsburg, the band played a short but sweet opening set on Sunday at Starlite Lounge, ending with a track called \u201cBetter than the Enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aided by the rhythm section of bassist Jesse Kinseth and drummer Zach Peach, Pinnacles\u2019\u00a0<strong>post-rock and progressive sound<\/strong>\u00a0works wonders in a live setting. They displayed a keen sense of dynamics and musical fortitude without sounding dated\u2014<strong>like an early Police<\/strong>\u00a0before that band became a stadium-sized phenomenon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(SN&amp;R)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something in the water: For those who rarely catch local bands unless they happen to be opening for a national act, make&nbsp;Nevada City\u2019s Pinnacles&nbsp;an exception. Regular concertgoers know there\u2019s already something special in this region and its surrounding areas: Dan Elkan from&nbsp;Broken Bells&nbsp;once played in the now-defunct Them Hills; Zach Hill from&nbsp;Death Grips&nbsp;started Legs On [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1821,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820\/revisions\/1821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}