Genre-bending guitarist Bill Frisell plays by his own rules When the Monterey Jazz Festival commissioned legendary guitarist Bill Frisell to record an...
For Elena Rossman and Olivia Radovich, music is anything but an insular experience, even if the songs they write tend to be...
Jon Foreman on new Switchfoot documentary, forthcoming album Jon Foreman never could have imagined that Switchfoot would last for 17 years, much...
Jay Ward is not looking to become a big rock star who is all about “the cult of me.” For him, music...
For an accused Devil worshipper, AFI’s Davey Havok is a damned nice guy
Nothing beats the sound of buzzing guitar feedback and pounding drums, pulsating bass and reverberating electric violin. Enter Noise Clinic, a band...
The 13th annual Loopfest features headliners who think about guitar in new, innovative ways Though electricity is an integral part of the...
For Vanessa MacDowell, music is a godsend. “I lost my mom when I was 13, and my youngest brother passed away in...
With the arrival of Tim Kasher’s sophomore solo album, ‘Adult Film,’ it finally feels like autumn For some, October means Halloween. For...
Pondering the paradox of the rock virtuoso with guitar legend Steve Vai
Sometimes the best things come to those who wait. In 2012—a decade after they met—co-vocalists David Stockhausen and Terry McCants formed the...
Daniel Stewart takes the reigns of the Santa Cruz County Symphony For Daniel Stewart, being selected as the new maestro for the...
It’s not uncommon for young bands to cram a bit too much into every song they write, in an effort to pay...
Danish punks, Iceage, prove their valor one aggressive anthem at a time Iceage isn’t Bruce Wayne multiplied by four, per se. The...
Sometimes it takes two or three listens before an album can truly be appreciated. But when it comes to Scary Little Friends’...
Matt Pond took his lemons and made lemonade Usually when people say “break a leg!” actual bodily harm isn’t what they have...
Feral Fauna is like a musical phoenix that has risen from the ashes. Formerly a seven-piece electronic pop/soul outfit known as Audiafauna,...
Local reggae-punk stars celebrate 15 years of skating, surfing and rocking out Way back when they first started jamming with one another,...
When asked why Big Medicine Head keeps making music after all these years, Bob Gemmell, the band’s singer, lyricist and guitarist, sums...
Sans band, Drew Holcomb gets reacquainted with his music Drew Holcomb is not the man he was a few years ago. It’s...
Upon discussing the title of his newest release, The Quick and the Dead EP, 23-year-old multi-instrumentalist and dubstep artist Jake Bratrude—scramble his...
Santa Cruz gets whisked away by The Mantles An amusing thing happens when an artist releases a new record. Suddenly, there’s a...
Local singer Lara Price is constantly redefining herself as an artist. “I’m always trying to grow and evolve,” she says. “I feel...
Eliquate dusts off, releases ‘A Chalkboard’s War Against Erasers’ The road to success is littered with obstacles that many artists never overcome....
Listening to his upbeat, upstroke-heavy, acoustic tunes, you’re more likely to think about spending a relaxing day at the beach, soaking up...
To hell and back with Roky Erickson In the spring of 1969, hot on the heels of a bust that would earn...
For Sasha Dobson, the release of her new album, Aquarius, comes as a huge relief. “It’s a beautiful mountain to have crossed,”...
From 2003-2010, Love Eternal released a new album or EP on an almost annual basis, but the band has gone quiet since...
Kronos Quartet continues to broaden musical horizons at 40 For David Harrington, the 40 years he has spent as violinist for the...
“My life has been extremely crazy,” Stormy Strong laughs. “I don’t know, maybe it has to do with my name!” The local...
