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{March 9, 2010}
Petrychor’s Dryad Surprises and Excites
Petrychor’s Dryad expands upon the Black Metal genre.
Tags: Black Metal, Dryad, Metal, Music, Music Reviews, Petrychor
{January 28, 2010}
Dangers Do the Little Things to Make their Music Matter
Sometimes you don’t have to reinvent the wheel, just show that it’s still relevant and interesting.
Tags: Dangers, Hardcore, Music Reviews
{November 30, 2009}
World Painted Blood Brings the Thrash, but Adds Nothing New
While the overall album thrashes about in true Slayer fashion, it doesn’t add anything new or overtly exciting to their larger discography.
Tags: CD Review, Metal, Slayer, Thrash Metal, World Painted Blood
{November 6, 2009}
L.A.’s one-and-only “glam rapper” speaks with City on a Hill Press before his first appearance in Santa Cruz.
Tags: Glam Rap, Mickey Avalon, Music, Q&A, Rap, The Catalyst
{October 27, 2009}
Sept. 13 @ The Catalyst Club, Downtown Santa Cruz
More Cowbell.
That’s what the audience wanted and what it got as the seven-man alternative/reggae band One Pin Short, hailing from Las Vegas, started off the evening. The band put on quite a pre-show for a modest crowd, including a daring spectacle by guitarist Jesse Magaña, [...]
Tags: Concerts, Music Reviews, Reel Big Fish, The Catalyst
Sept. 16 @ The Catalyst Club, Downtown Santa Cruz
Arriving before the main event at a live gig is always a gamble. Apparently everyone decided to play it safe and wait to show up until Sugar Ray was on stage, because opening act Aimee Allen sang to a crowd you could count on two hands.
Allen’s lonely [...]
Tags: Concerts, Music Reviews, Sugar Ray, The Catalyst