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.

Monday nights at The Catalyst pair Jazz quartet Esoteric Collective with local musicians in an open-mic style odyssey, which continues through October 17th.

L.A.’s one-and-only “glam rapper” speaks with City on a Hill Press before his first appearance in Santa Cruz.

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. [...]