Nursery electro-dance two-piece is comprised of composer Frank Wong and singer Emma Jean and has been tearing up a storm around town recently, playing to both captivated house shows as well as an impressive late-day performance at May’s SCUMFest. The electrifying duo will be making their Crepe Place debut on September 22nd (opening for electro-folk balladeer Casiotone for the Painfully Alone), and will appear on The Rising Tide this Friday night, July 9th, at 8:30 to perform some of their electro bangers and talk about the trials and tribulations of being an upcoming electronic dance act in a town not necessarily known for churning them out like other metropolitan cities.

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SCUM = Santa Cruz Underground Music.

Here’s a calendar of all of the upcoming shows that we (so far) know about! Print it out, hang it up, hand it around, make it your desktop image!

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Elena Rossman is taking the local music scene by storm. Rossman, a UC Santa Cruz junior and Santa Cruz native, has been playing guitar and writing music since she was 13 years old. She just released her five song EP, The Wind Shift, recorded at Gadgetbox Studios in Santa Cruz. The EP features Rossman’s melodic acoustic guitar playing and singing accompanied with bass, electric guitar, lap steel and drums. Rossman wrote all songs on the EP, reminiscent of Alela Diane, Neko Case and The Be Good Tanyas. The Wind Shift can be purchased at Streetlight Records or at her next show at the Asana Tea House in downtown Santa Cruz on May 14th. Check out her music at www.myspace.com/elenarmusica.

Tetherhorse recently came through the KZSC studios to perform live for The Rising Tide. The band will be playing at Streetlight Records for Record Store Day on Saturday, so here’s a little preview to get you warmed up! This is Tetherhorse, here are our very own little cabin in the woods:

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And I quote, "We're sorry we're so attractive and love stools so much!"

Very exciting news to report: Matthew and Dorota ie MATADOR are releasing their first record! To celebrate, there will be a big ole shabang at The Church house with performances from Beat Beat Whisper, Pale Robin, and Casey Guitar Band. Oh, and of course the birthday babies. Yum! Come out and support cute people making great music!

For those of you not in Santa Cruz, Matador is going to be taking off on a tour very soon, so if you’re in Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, ETC. you should go see them.

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