Features
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1.1K2Jeff “Ralph Anybody” Juliano Celebrates 25 Years
KPIG DJ celebrated at Kuumbwa with a party and Sherry Austin
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947Preview: CloZee to Play Moe’s Alley
French electronic musician incorporates global rhythms for an album that could launch a whole new subgenre
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895Preview: The Dickies To Play The Catalyst
Dickies’ guitarist looks back at 40 years of punk rock, and the recent Warped Tour controversy
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9521Preview: Goodbye Girls to Play Don Quixote’s
The Goodbye Girls bring a modern sensibility—and Swedish folk influences?—to old-time songs
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938Preview: Dirty Bourbon River Show to Play the Crepe Place
Why the Dirty Bourbon River Show packed up the circus to focus on its music
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790Preview: There is No Mountain to Play Crepe Place
The stripped-down majesty of There is No Mountain’s music
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1.0KPreview: Zander Schloss to Play the Catalyst
L.A. punk veteran—and Napoleon Dynamite inspiration?—Zander Schloss goes solo
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1.1KPreview: Paul Thorn to Play the Rio
On the 20th anniversary of his debut, Paul Thorn looks back at the role Santa Cruz played
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1.0KPreview: Lee Fields to Play the Catalyst
Lee Fields’ brand of human country-western is bringing in young audiences
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1.1KPreview: Cory Branan to Play the Crepe Place
‘Adios’ is Cory Branan’s accidental death record
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1.8KCracker to Headline the Redwood Mountain Faire
David Lowery of Cracker on the 25th anniversary of the group’s debut album
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2.2KPreview: Little Hurricane to Play Catalyst
Why blues-rock duo Little Hurricane micromanage how their music gets into listeners’ ears
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1.2KPreview: Phoebe Hunt to Play Don Quixote’s
How Phoebe Hunt’s new music was inspired by 10 days of enforced quiet
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1.1KPreview: The Stray Birds to Play Moe’s Alley
The Stray Birds carry on a roots tradition of crafting dazzling harmony
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2.0KPreview: Hod and the Helpers to play the Crepe Place
How the band has moved past And Hod toward bigger and better things
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1.6KPreview: Tyler Broderick’s Diners To Play SubRosa
Punk scene is a surprisingly good match for jazz-pop Diners
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1.4KMAJK: Santa Cruz’s Crazy-Talented Up-and-comers
Why this quartet, which plays DIO Fest this weekend, is taking things slowly
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981Preview: Ghost-Note to Play Moe’s Alley
Veteran drummer explains the ‘ghost note’ after which his band is named
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1.3KPreview: Aoife O’Donovan to Play Kuumbwa
Former Crooked Still frontwoman has established herself as one of the most innovative artists in roots music
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1.7KPreview: Las Cafeteras to Play Rio Theatre
What would the members of Las Cafeteras do if they were president?
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1.3KLocal Tap the Flow 24 Project Raises Funds for Clean Water
How Santa Cruz hip-hop artist Ra.be is using artistic collaboration to support clean water for everyone
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2.0KPreview: Descendents to Play Two Nights at the Catalyst
After 35 years as lead singer of Descendents, punk’s resident nerd Milo Aukerman is finally ready to commit to this music thing
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1.4KPreview: Homeshake to Play the Catalyst
Homeshake’s indie update of ’90s R&B gets weirder and spacier on ‘Fresh Air’
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1.5KPreview: Carolyn Sills Combo to play Kuumbwa
The Carolyn Sills Combo breathes new life into the Western swing genre
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1.6KPreview: La Luz to Play the Catalyst
After a shocking tour accident, La Luz returns to bring noir back to surf
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1.6KPreview: The Kills to Play the Catalyst
The Kills celebrate 15 years of unlikely success turning lo-fi blasts of minimalist rock into indie anthems
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3.0KPreview: ‘Pussy Riot Theatre Presents: Revolution’ Comes to Rio Theatre
Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina on her theater project
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1.8KPreview: Russ Liquid Test to Play Catalyst
We’re not saying the secret to Russ Liquid Test’s music is aliens, but it’s aliens
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3.3KPreview: Lyrics Born to play Moe’s Alley
Why Lyrics Born’s fans funded a greatest-hits album of songs they already had