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Category: Concert Reviews

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Decade of Hate Tour- Going to my First Metal Show

  • February 28, 2023
  • Concert Reviews, Main

By Talk Director Metal is a genre I have always been interested in learning more about, as I have only ever listened to the subgenre Nu-metal, such as bands like System of a Down, Deftones, Korn, Slipknot, and Drowning Pool.…

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Mustard Service at The Catalyst 10.30.22

  • February 28, 2023
  • Concert Reviews, Live Performances, Main, Music Charts, Music News

  By Kate Marsden                                                                          …

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Post-Punk Poetry: Dry Cleaning – Live at August Hall

  • February 4, 2023
  • Concert Reviews, Events, Live Performances, Main, Music News

By Brock Hrehor Few modern bands embody contrast quite like Dry Cleaning.  As innovative as they are anachronistic, the London-based post-brexit band seamlessly blends instrumentals reminiscent of Joy Division and Wire with frontwoman Florence Shaw’s spoken word, absurdist vocals.  Having…

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La Misa Negra at Moe’s Alley – 12/02/2022

  • January 12, 2023
  • Concert Reviews, Music News

Speeding down the 1, past Dominican Hospital, next to the REI and Marshall’s parking lot, sits a tiny hut with string lights outlining its place on Commercial Way. If I wasn’t looking for it, there’s no way I would have…

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The Garden at the Catalyst: Reflections on Clown Cosplay

  • December 13, 2022
  • Concert Reviews, Music News

By Isabella Balbi Going to a Garden show is an experience - one that grows increasingly more rare given the state of live music today.  On KZSC alone there are already 4 separate blog posts dissecting The Garden’s past performances…

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Omar Apollo and Ravyn Lenae at the San Jose Civic

  • December 13, 2022
  • Concert Reviews, Music News

By Alexis Camacho A not-so-exciting Wednesday began with me crapping for my ecology midterm and quickly turned into a night of groovy dancing, singing, and even some crying at the San Jose Civic. With Omar Apollo and Ravyn Lenae taking…

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A Conversation with Pretty Sick at Bottom Of The Hill

  • December 13, 2022
  • Concert Reviews, Interviews

By Kate Beemer Monday, November 7, 2022 On Thursday, November third, I had the pleasure of seeing Pretty Sick perform at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco. This NYC ( lower east side :D) rooted, grunge-rock band was formed by…

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Babe Rainbow – Live at Moe’s Alley 10.2.22

  • November 22, 2022
  • Concert Reviews, Live Performances, Main, Music Charts, Music News

By Kate Marsden Since high school, I’ve been listening to the Australian indie-psychedelic-surf rock group Babe Rainbow (comprised of. Angus Dowling, Jack Crowther, Elliot O’Reilly, and Miles Myjavaec) so I was rather stoked to hear that they were performing in…

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The John Doe Folk Trio at Moe’s Alley, Oct. 14, 2022

  • November 15, 2022
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By Polly Gone Throughout my life, I’ve heard the music of X played at my house, but when I started really divulging in their music in high school,  and later when we would see X live together, my mom would…

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Interview with Shana Cleveland from La Luz

  • November 15, 2022
  • Concert Reviews, Interviews, Main

Interview by Polly Gone KZSC's Polly Gone interviews Shana Cleveland from the Seattle born indie band La Luz.

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folkYEAH! Presents Beach Fossils at The Chapel – 10 Year Anniversary Show

  • October 31, 2022
  • Concert Reviews, Main

By Isabella Balbi Brooklyn garage pop group Beach Fossils, known for their dreamy lo-fi sound and candidly relatable lyricism, played a three night residency from October 17th through the 19th at The Chapel in San Francisco as part of the…

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A Compelling Introduction to Santa Cruz: The Sun Room live at The Catalyst

  • October 10, 2022
  • Concert Reviews, Live Performances

Written by Rebecca Oregel  During my first full week of Santa Cruz, I won a pair of tickets to Sun Room, a band complete with four guys from Southern California who play indie rock with a youthful surf sound. Having…

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KZSC Interviews Folk Punk Musician Shannon Lay

  • June 24, 2022
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  "KZSC’s DJs DJ Shove It and Goose interview musical artist Shannon Lay about her Santa Cruz current tours and musical inspiration"    

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A Night in Late May: Girlultra at the Catalyst

  • June 24, 2022
  • Concert Reviews, Main, Music News

More often than not, some of the best live performances are the ones you prepare for the least. On a comfortably cool Monday night, Girlultra performed in the atrium of the Santa Cruz Catalyst–the more intimate stage. My experience with…

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Ian Noe – Live at the Brick & Amp; Mortar Music Hall in San Francisco, CA

  • May 5, 2022
  • Concert Reviews, Main

By Mia Duisenberg  If you are at all into country or folk music you are going to want to read this, but if you are too lazy to read, simply go listen to Ian Noe on Apple music or Spotify…

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mssv – Live at Winter’s Tavern in Pacifica, CA

  • April 28, 2022
  • Concert Reviews, Music News

Pastel pink skies of a Highway 1 sunset were settling into the horizon as I pulled off into the small coastal town of Pacifica at the prospect of seeing Mike Watt slap bass live on tour as mssv (Main Steam…

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Yellow Days – Live at the Catalyst 11.15.21

  • March 18, 2022
  • Concert Reviews, Live Performances, Main, Music Charts

Written by Kate Marsden            I started listening to Yellow Days (the musical alias of alternative music star George van den Broek) in high school and his gravelly, pining sound became a part of the soundtrack…

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Alice Phoebe Lou – Live at the Chapel in San Francisco

  • March 14, 2022
  • Concert Reviews, Live Performances, Main, Music News, Record Reviews

  By Anna Tarasova After discovering Alice Phoebe Lou, I immediately fell in love with her sound and lyrics. It felt like she took the little thoughts in my brain about yearning for love and put them behind some of…

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Phoebe Bridgers at the Greek in Berkeley

  • March 11, 2022
  • Concert Reviews, Music News

  By Brooke Bernard It’s rare to find music you immediately connect to. I seriously disliked most of my favorite artists today the first time I heard them. Phoebe Bridgers was the exception. The first song I ever heard of…

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Dinosaur Jr. – Live at The Fillmore

  • February 21, 2022
  • Concert Reviews, Live Performances

By Sebastian Gonzalez Watching Dinosaur Jr. perform has always been at the top of my list of must-see live acts, so when it was announced that the band would be playing the legendary venue The Fillmore in San Francisco for…

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Festival Review: Outside Lands 2021

  • November 27, 2021
  • Concert Reviews, Live Performances, Main, Music News, On the Road With KZSC

Written by DJ Melanchollie In the land of laser lights, camel backpacks, and body glitter, time exists outside linear reality. The evening autumn air is sickly sweet with sweat and clouds of cherry flavored vape. Neon beams of blue, orange…

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