Bethany and Amanda comprise Pocahaunted. They look so happy – kinda like The Carpenters (if Richard was a girl and who knows) – however most of Pocahaunted’s music is buried in a murkier, ambient sort of dark primitive experimental sound. Bethany describes it as, “Talking Heads meets Cocteau Twins thrown into a blender after smoking a lot of weed.” Karen, are you listening? Fresh from L.A. Pocahaunted comes to The Crepe Place in Santa Cruz this Tuesday, July 27th at 9 PM.

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Ya see what I did there? That was a Kubrick reference, which means that I am a witty fellow. Worship my prowess.

To begin, my name is Dan Davis, and as of several months ago I became the Jazz and Blues Director here at the ever lovely re-purposed music room known as KZSC Santa Cruz. Due to mounting pressure, I was told that I must create a blog post or face a severe flogging.

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We just got this record in from Crustacean Records:

It’s the new release from Screamin’ Cyn Cyn & The Pons, “Damn Girl.” Behind the plastic-gem bedazzled gold acrylic nails is a band that appear not to take themselves very seriously. If they are serious about anything, it’s penning irreverent and offensive songs that poke fun at just about everything: trophies, hairdos, and cats that dig pop culture icons. This record may not be for everyone–our world music director describes it as “painful.” Hey, sometimes punk hurts, but this punk tickles. Check out the lyrics to track eight, “POTO”:

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Heyyy did you catch the Maps & Atlases show at Kuumbwa on Sunday? I did! Those Chicagoans whumped and warbled their way into the hearts of the assembled believers. If you’re in southern CA, head’s up! They’re headed your wayyyy! If you ain’t gonna to catch ‘em on this go around, big ugly yellow couch will hook you up, my friend. Check out this clip of Maps & Atlases performing “Solid Ground,” the fourth track on their new record Perch Patchwork (Barsuk).

Solid Ground by Maps & Atlases from Big Ugly Yellow Couch on Vimeo.

As you can see in the video, these guys have really impressive musical talents and beards.  A question for you, though:

This beard:

Impressive, or no?

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MGMT, for free? That’s right! KZSC has two pairs of tickets to give away to our lucky listeners for their sold out show at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Wednesday, July 21st. MGMT puts on an excellent and energetic live show that matches their catchy electro-psychedelic rock music.

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