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Club Kuumbwa Aims for Young Crowds
Music Feb 05, 2013, by Aaron Carnes
The Kuumbwa Jazz Center is the kind of space artists dream about playing. It’s classy and intimate, with top-notch sound and lighting. But if your band can’t draw 200 people at $25 a ticket, chances are pretty slim Kuumbwa has booked you. This is changing, however, with a new monthly series called “Club Kuumbwa” which aims to specifically bring in smaller local and indie bands.
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From Jackson Browne to DIY winemaking to Super Bowl-related events, our top picks for this weekend’s happenings around Santa Cruz.
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New Santa Cruz Art Exhibit Celebrates the Music of Tom Waits
ArtsMusic Jan 30, 2013, by Steve Palopoli
The longer one talks to Bridget Henry about the subject, the more it becomes clear that what she’s really been building for the last 20 years is a Tom Waits obsession, one that will culminate this week with opening night of the ‘Cemetery Polka’ exhibit at the Felix Kulpa Gallery.
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Hermit Convention Switches Sounds
Music Jan 29, 2013, by Aaron Carnes 1 Comments
The latest album by Craig Prentice’s one-man-band Hermit Convention, Cough Syrup Coffins, is his most experimental record to date—which is to say that it was recorded in an actual studio, with drums, guitar and backing vocals. For a guy whose previous low-fi recordings had him singing to bass guitar loops in his bedroom, this is wacky stuff.
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‘Cheetahs on the Run’ at the Rio (above), the Santa Cruz County Symphony, and a benefit for local Giants fan Brian Stow by a member of the team are among this weekend’s top events.
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From the performances of ‘Your Body is Not a Shark’ to humpback whales at the Seymour Center, our picks for the best events this weekend in Santa Cruz.
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Q&A: Judgement Day
Music Jan 15, 2013, by Anthony Presti
Oakland’s Judgement Day has been wreaking beautiful havoc on the music scene since 2002, creating a hybrid of classical and metal music dubbed “string metal.”
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With three albums under their belt, the band has slowly transformed from metal into an experimental rock project. -
From Will Durst and the return of Planet Cruz comedy to the Fungus Fair and Antique Street Faire, our top picks for this weekend’s events.
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Moon Eater’s Blues-Infused Punk Rock
Music Jan 08, 2013, by Aaron Carnes
At a recent house show, Moon Eater’s heavy-blues punk rock kept getting interrupted by power outages during their performance. When the third one hit, drummer Dustin Roth just decided to keep playing, and vocalist-guitarist Pat Crowley followed along, continuing to sing the verse. The power came back on right at the chorus. Without missing a beat, everyone jumped back in perfectly—as though it were planned.
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John Craigie’s Traveling Musical Adventure
Music Jan 08, 2013, by Jacob Pierce 3 Comments
When John Craigie wakes up in the middle of the night, he usually doesn’t know where he is. Depending on the lighting—or how full the moon is that evening—it takes the couch-surfing songwriter anywhere from a few seconds to a full minute to figure out whose couch he’s on. And the UCSC grad begins by trying to figure out where he performed earlier that night, or where he was the night before. “I just have to do a little bit of math and a little bit of detective work,” says Craigie, who tours nonstop—he hasn’t paid rent anywhere in seven years.
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