Decisions, decisions. Between political candidates, cable companies, coffee places and types of eggs benedict, does it ever feel like the world may just be giving you too many choices sometimes? This week we’re taking some away for you. Four days. Four shows. Nothing to decide between. See one or see them all—all we ask is…
Posts Tagged: local band
Your Silver Lining: Santa Cruz Music This Week
Rain, rain, go or stay. All these shows are inside, anyway. Tuesday, March 15 CloZee at Moe’s Alley Euphoric Styles seem to love opening Santa Cruz’s eyes to unique talent from distant lands, and this week they’re back at it again bringing you CloZee, one of the hottest artists coming out of the European electronic…
McCoy Tyler Band Shakes Up Local Scene
The McCoy Tyler Band has dressed up to play the Freedom Rotary Club’s 30th anniversary party. Drummer Clinton Brown threw on a dress shirt, and upright bassist Chad Bowen, the trio’s self-described “recovering jam band fanatic,” put his long hair in a ponytail with a rubber band he borrowed from the raffle table. The Santa…
How Ashwin Batish Made the Sitar Cool Again
It starts in the mid-’80s at Union Grove Music on Pacific Avenue, where Ashwin Batish bought an amp for $50.
Eliquate Drops Debut Album
Local band release A Chalkboard’s War Against Erasers on August 23.
Coffee Zombie Collective a Surprise Hit
Bluegrass cover band twist songs into exciting new arrangements
Moon Eater’s Blues-Infused Punk Rock
At a recent house show, Moon Eater’s heavy-blues punk rock kept getting interrupted by power outages during their performance. When the third one hit, drummer Dustin Roth just decided to keep playing, and vocalist-guitarist Pat Crowley followed along, continuing to sing the verse. The power came back on right at the chorus. Without missing a beat, everyone jumped back in perfectly—as though it were planned.
China Cats’ Scott Cooper Goes Solo
Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia once said, “Just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music,” but nobody told that to local musician Scott Cooper. Besides working as a sales rep for Drumskull Drums and a guitar instructor through UCSC, the 47-year-old single father also plays in five separate bands.
