A Night In Monterey With Sierra Ferrell
By DJ Alla Last Night I was enchanted by the unbelievable songbird that is Sierra Ferrell on her Shoot For the Moon tour that precedes the release of her sophomore album Trail Of Flowers coming on March 22nd. I was lucky…
Slaughter Beach, Dog captivates The Catalyst 1/16/23
By Carolyn Mish On Jan. 16, Slaughter Beach, Dog played the main stage at The Catalyst to a transfixed crowd, a mirrorball illuminating the venue from the inside out. It was, to put it simply, a great show. I got…
Atrium Goes Belico
The Atrium Goes Belico Style On the evening of November 4th, I attended an event at the Santa Cruz Catalyst Club, which was marked by its adherence to traditional Mexican formal attire. The evening commenced with a playlist set of…
Live at the UCSC Recital Hall: UCSC’s Jazz Combo & Big Band
By Andrea Martinez On Saturday night, March 11, the UCSC Jazz Combo and Big Band held a performance at the Music Center Recital Hall and it was the best way to spend a night. UCSC's Jazz Combo My expectations were…
Post-Punk Poetry: Dry Cleaning – Live at August Hall
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…
Babe Rainbow – Live at Moe’s Alley 10.2.22
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…
A Compelling Introduction to Santa Cruz: The Sun Room live at The Catalyst
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…
ONE LAST RIDE: Interview with OLIVER TREE
INTERVIEW WITH SANTA CRUZ'S OWN OLIVER TREE BY JOHN MALKIN 9/15/22 ONE LAST RIDE: OLIVER TREE COMES HOME WITH COWBOY TEARS By John Malkin Oliver Tree has gone from DJing at local Santa Cruz parties to performing in…
Tricking Power Into Performing Acts of Love: Interview with Shepherd Siegel
Tricking Power Into Performing Acts of Love: New Book Celebrates Playful Disruption of Dominant Paradigm By John Malkin --- Shepherd Siegel’s new book “Tricking Power into Performing Acts of Love: How Tricksters Through History Have Changed the World”…
Yellow Days – Live at the Catalyst 11.15.21
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…
DISRUPTIVE ARCHIVES: Feminist Resistance in Latin America’s Dirty Wars
By John Malkin Dr. Viviana Beatriz MacManus is the author of “Disruptive Archives: Feminist Memories of Resistance in Latin America’s Dirty Wars.” The book was released in 2020 by University of Illinois Press and discusses the history of gender and…
Alice Phoebe Lou – Live at the Chapel in San Francisco
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…
Dinosaur Jr. – Live at The Fillmore
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…
Festival Review: Outside Lands 2021
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…
DJ Spotlight: Tiffany Harmon
Written by Sierra Grindstaff While at KZSC, I’ve had the pleasure of working with Tiffany on the Program Review Committee while attending UCSC as a student employee. When I served as Program Director, I worked closely with Tiffany as…
JAZZ AND JUSTICE: An Interview with Jazz Drummer, Bandleader, and Educator Terri Lyne Carrington By John Malkin
Terri Lyne Carrington began playing drums when she was five years old, beating out rhythms on her grandfather’s drumkit. Her father was also a saxophonist and drummer and her musical aspirations were supported by family and friends. If others admonished,…
AR-15 Stolen from Santa Cruz Police Department Four Years Ago Still Missing By John Malkin
Art by Hannah Rouland @hannah.tor.art AR-15 Stolen from Santa Cruz Police Department Four Years Ago Still Missing By John Malkin In 2017 an AR-15 assault rifle was stolen from the Santa Cruz Police Department (SCPD) and the theft was never…
In Session: Sir Froderick (Feature Interview)
Story and Interview by DJ Mixolydian DJ Mixolydian is back with another feature interview for In Session. This time, KZSC presents to you: Sir Froderick. A laid-back beatmaker, record store (and label) owner, hip-hop connoisseur, and king of the tape…
In Session: Ron Carter (Feature Interview)
By DJ Mixolydian For this installment of In Session, KZSC was blessed to sit down (via Zoom) with legendary jazz bassist Ron Carter. Hailing from the greater Detroit area, Carter began his career as an upright bassist by playing gigs at…