DJ Clockwork and Mac Miller, both talented young musicians from the East Coast, are currently touring the West Coast. They stopped in Santa Cruz for their Most Dope Tour, performing at The Catalyst. The hip-hop duo gained popularity after making music videos and posting them on YouTube.

Instrumental band Silian Rail is playing Santa Cruz’s own Caffé Pergolesi on April 14 in support of the deluxe, vinyl release of their second album, “Parhelion.”

American Indians come together with Palestinians in a struggle for equality.

Metal bands are breaking the city’s music mold, one mosh pit at a time.

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, [...]

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. [...]