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Indie Jones Rare indie bands head to Santa Cruz for an underground music festival SANTA CRUZ AND BAY AREA indie bands head off the beaten path for a music festival that showcases underground venues as much as underground bands. Directions to unlisted locations are available by calling 426.8610. Thursday, Sept. 28: Oliver Brown, Sweet Nothing and Cuspidor lead off the Big Bang with a show at Community Television, 816 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, at 8pm. $3. Friday, Sept. 29: Sin in Space, Cowboy and Pan Pan play an underground location in downtown Santa Cruz at 9pm. $3. Saturday, Sept. 30: Aislers Set, Dear Nora and Spike & Princess play UCSC's Pizza Junxion (located at the Student Center) at 8pm. $3. Sunday, Oct. 1: Hate Mail Express and the Serum Greys play the Stevenson College Rec Room, UCSC at 8pm. $4. Monday, Oct. 2: Calvin Johnson, Mrah, the Microphones and Kaleidoscopic Jelly Bean Head Gnomes play an underground location at 8pm. $3. Tuesday, Oct. 3: Drunk Horse, Lady Fingers & Laura Limes and Comets on Fire play the Saturn Cafe, 145 Laurel St, Santa Cruz, at 9:30pm. Free. Wednesday, Oct. 4: Perfume, the Dr. Peppers and the Sucks play the Santa Cruz Hotel, 1003 Cedar St, Santa Cruz, at 9pm. Free. Thursday, Oct. 5: Run Return, Invisible, the Paper Cuts and Casiotone for the Painfully Alone play the Cube (call for location) at 8pm. $3. Friday, Oct. 6: Exploding Crustaceans, the Four-Eyes, the Automatones and the Bananas play Porter College's Soundbox, UCSC, at 8pm. $3. Saturday, Oct. 7: Cherry Ames and Nuzzle play UCSC's Pizza Junxion (located at the Student Center) at 8pm. $3. Sunday, Oct. 8: The Lowdown, Deerhoof and Tracy & the Plastics play an underground location at 8pm. $3. [ Santa Cruz | MetroActive Central | Archives ]