In 2017, the riot grrrl quartet Bad Cop Bad Cop unleashed a wave of rage in reaction to the election of Donald Trump with their album Warriors. Well, now it’s 2024...

Bennett Coast honed his dreamy alt-rock style amid “huge vistas, grassy hills, the blue of the sea. Boys getting into fights in parking lots, a first kiss...”

Olivia Gatwood’s first novel, Whoever You Are, Honey, explores womanhood and identity with Santa Cruz as its backdrop. In-store appearance at Bookshop Santa Cruz, July 10, 7pm

Mountain Grass Unit has taken the bluegrass world by storm over the past few years. At Felton Music Hall, Thursday

When it comes to death metal, few bands are as influential as Florida’s Death. In fact, most people attribute the genre to the band. Sunday, 6/23 @ The Catalyst

Since their inception Reverend Peyton and his Big Damn Band has toured nonstop, scoring three Blues Music Award nominations

Kamasi Washington is one of the greats of our era. Fans of Kendrick Lamar’s masterpiece To Pimp a Butterfly should thank Washington for the sax in that album

Museum of Light has secured its place on the doom metal scene through several exciting records and some seriously hard touring... When the heavy drums hit, the Crepe Place will be transformed. Thursday, May 30

Sonido Gallo Negro is a nine-piece instrumental combo drawing on the mystical sound of ’60s Peruvian cumbia. The band also integrates styles like huayno, cumbia sonidera and boogaloo. Thursday at Moe's Alley.

Qwanqwa contemporizes traditional Ethiopian folk music with jazz, funk and other modern elements. Qwanqwa is on a major US tour.

Canadian indie power pop dreams come true this Tuesday as Alvvays makes its jangly, shoegaze-y way to the Catalyst stage.

Grahame Lesh, the son of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, is Northern California royalty. The musician carries his father’s legacy as the vocalist and guitarist for multiple country-rock projects...