Aas your sonic nutritionist, it’s our job to make sure you receive a well-balanced musical diet. This week, Santa Cruz is serving up a wide range of styles and flavors for you, including Asian-American fusion from San Francisco, local home-style Western cookin’, spicy south-of-the-border flavor, and classic English pub grub from the other side of…
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Come To Me My Pretties: Santa Cruz Music This Week
You don’t always have to travel to see great live music—sometimes it winds up right on your doorstep. This week, bands from Georgia, Portland, all around California, and New Orleans (well, stylistically) are peddling their wares in our little town. Thursday, July 14 New Madrid at The Catalyst Club New Madrid is a little…
Give it Up for the Home Team: Santa Cruz Music This Week
Santa Cruz gets to play host to a lot of the best touring acts in the music industry, but we’re also home to some of the best up-and-coming bands. This week our music picks are all about that Santa Cruz flavor. Get out there and support some local artists. Thursday, July 7 Local Music…
Let Freedom Ring: Santa Cruz Music This Week
The good vibrations of summer are here in full force, and even the names of the bands playing this week are getting in the mood. Get out there and see some shows—it’s a bright week for music. And best of all, the price of admission for our picks this week ranges from free to less…
Summer Lovin': Santa Cruz Music This Week
The weather’s heating up on the coast and so are the summer shows. We’ve got a masked guitar hero and an unsung Titan of the string industry sharing the city with burgeoning local folk stars and a musical industry powerhouse. If you’re bored in Santa Cruz, you’re just not trying hard enough. Wednesday, June…
Do the Right Thing: Santa Cruz Music This Week
Thursday, June 16 MU330 at The Crepe Place MU330 (pronounced “em-you-three-thirty”, or “muso” as in musically aware) is a ska band formed in 1988 in St. Louis, Missouri. These five high school friends have been playing punk style, high-energy ska shows together for the better part of the last 30 years. Kind of like Weezer…
Evening Star: Interview with Aliza Hava of Eve of Eden
If you’ve had your ear to the music scene in Santa Cruz, then you have may have heard the telltale vibrations of a new local sensation starting to gain momentum. New to Santa Cruz, but no stranger to the industry, Aliza Hava and her group Eve of Eden have been making a name for themselves…
Cast Your Vote: Santa Cruz Music This Week
This week is all about decisions: which political candidates and local issues to support, and which amazing live musical act to see on Friday night. Who is your clear winner? Whatever you decide, just be sure to cast your vote. Friday, June 10 Louis The Child at The Catalyst Main Stage “Create music that makes…
Broke but Rich: Santa Cruz Music This Week
Although Santa Cruz is one of the most expensive cities to live in California, this week we are rich with live music, including one of the most legendary punk bands of all time, grimy pacific northwest ska bands, and dozens of traveling “street performers”—so at least we’ve got that goin’ for us. Wednesday, June 1 World’s…
Summer Gateway: Santa Cruz Music This Week
While it’s not quite summer yet, the crowds are starting to creep in which means the shows and streets are getting a little more crowded. Always remember to be mindful of others at a crowded venue, apologize when you bump into someone, replace a spilled drink and tip the bartender. Friday, May 27th The English…
