As Santa Cruz band AJ Lee and Blue Summit brings its tour to Moe’s, a look at Lee’s remarkable rise

L.A. rocker blends punk attitude and John Waters visuals with her own unique vision

Black Mountain frontman Stephen McBean’s other band Pink Mountaintops, is releasing their first album in eight years

Vinyl’s continued renaissance signifies more than music’s connective power

Legendary but mysterious, pioneering 1970s Santa Cruz Americana band stages rare reunion

The East L.A. rockers’ are fresh off winning their fourth Grammy for ‘Native Sons'

The Ben Lomond native moved to Texas three years ago, but still considers Santa Cruz home

How the Husker Du icon brought emotion, sincerity and dishwashing to punk rock.

All proceeds will go directly to Save the Children’s humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.

The Aptos musician scored the Danny Awards’ ‘Fan Favorite’ honor, which he’ll receive Saturday at the New York City event.

Forced out by fallout from the CZU fires, the prolific singer-songwriter returns with several albums worth of new songs.

John Dwyer’s kinetic energy has propelled the L.A.-based group for over 20 years.

The local singer-songwriter will be joined by an all-star band for a genre-spanning show.

The versatile brass octet goes from underground favorite to large-scale festival standout.

What did the punk legend think of that Camper Van Beethoven cover, anyway?

Comedy blues genius and KPIG DJ returns to Santa Cruz as … himself.

Frontman Doug Martsch has been Built to Spill’s one constant for 30 years

The beloved Santa Cruz rockers to unearth a plethora of unreleased material

Since 2002, ‘UCSC’ has met nearly every third Thursday of the month

25 years into her career, the ’90s chart-topper is more comfortable on stage than ever

Portland Americana group comes to Moe’s Alley

Best Coast singer-songwriter Beth Cosentino’s new tunes are more personal than ever

Any time a Seattle funk, soul and jazz group needed an organ, Lamarr got the call

The group’s live shows feature up to 10 players, including a horn section

Soul revival singer-songwriter and Monophonics lead singer Kelly Finnigan was sitting around one day listening to the Sacred Four’s old gospel-funk song “Someone’s Watching...

'Love is What We Need,’ featuring Ozomatli, to raise funds for kids pursuing an education in the arts

The last time I spoke with Sam Blasucci and Clay Finch, the duo behind Mapache (Spanish for raccoon), was the day before their full-length...