I had a wonderful chat with Hawaiian reggae music stars Anuhea and Justin Young as they were passing through Northern California, performing at the Reggae in the Hills Festival in Angels Camp. Hear the interview here: Anuhea and Justin’s interview here. Anuhea & Justin Young have a new song together called Forever Summer;…
Interview with Katherine from Mystic Roots Band
By Design Director | Published June 7th, 2013Check out this interview I had with Katherine Ramirez of Mystic Roots Band. They will be performing THIS weekend at Reggae in the Hills Music Festival out in Angels Camp, CA. Their new album Campfire came out tuesday June 4th. This is volume one of a two part album so keep your ears tuned for the second…
KZSC Jazz Charts 5/6 and Featured Artist Sarah Elizabeth Charles
By Jazz and Blues Boss | Published May 18th, 2013All of the cats at KZSC have been enjoying a huge influx of the finest jazz in lieu of the recent JAM (Jazz Appreciation Month) of April. Now that April has ended, the fun hasn’t stopped in May and we continue to recieve tons of titles from our promoters! Here, some of the most popular…
Intronaut Vocalist Sacha Dunable Discusses New Album, New Tour, New…Dolphin T-Shirts?
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published May 7th, 2013As one of the quickest risers in metal right now, Intronaut has been maintaining a very healthy fan base and a very solid discography. Recently, they added to that collection with Habiutal Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones), and apparently it was good enough to get a headlining tour with master instrumetallers Scale the Summit (which, by…
Caspian’s Drummer Joe Vickers Discusses Newest Album and Current State of Post-Rock
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published March 16th, 2013Post rock outfit Caspian recently stopped by Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco to close out the Noisepop 2013 Festival, and holy mother of god what a way to go out. Before the prodigious climax however, I was lucky enough to sit down with Caspian drummer Joe Vickers and converse about topics ranging from…
Between the Buried and Me Bassist Dan Brigss Talks New Tour, New Band & Album
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published March 7th, 2013I recently was given the opportunity to chat with the bassist from progressive metal giant Between the Buried and Me. Below you can read highlights of our conversation in which we cover Russian Circles, Dan’s new band Trioscapes and even an AMA they conducted on reddit not too long ago. Brootalisk: How did you feel…
Interview with The Babies
By New Media Director | Published January 10th, 2013The Babies have just come out with their second full length album, House on a Hill to amazing reviews. After their show at the Crepe Place in Santa Cruz on December 7th, Kevin Morby and Cassie Ramone sat down with Bikini Kill DJ Ana, frequent guest DJ Andrea Casablanca and Jesse Perez to talk about…
King Lollipop & Peach Kelli Pop on Bikini Kill TONIGHT
By New Media Director | Published November 30th, 2012Tonight, if you happen to pass by the Jury Room, you will hear the ruckus of people getting down to King Lollipop and Peach Kelli Pop, Oakland music staples. The show at The Jury Room starts at 9:00PM with Santa Cruz local bands Slumber Party and The Wild Ones opening for Peach Kelli Pop…
Interview with Rupa and the April Fishes
By World Music Director | Published October 30th, 2012Yesterday, I had the privilege of interviewing Rupa Marya, lead vocalist of the world fusion group Rupa & the April Fishes. Formed in San Francisco, the band has a very distinct, jazz-influenced style of music, overlaid with Rupa’s soothing vocals in English, French, Spanish, and even Hindi. Rupa discussed their newest release, “Build”, as well…
Santa Cruz Surf Legend Jay Moriarty Portrayed in “Chasing Mavericks”
By Talk Programming Director | Published October 26th, 2012“Hey Emma,” you might ask, “is that your brother?” Wrong guess. It’s 23-year-old up-and-coming Hollywood movie star, Jonny Weston. Jonny costars in the film Chasing Mavericks with Gerard Butler (remember Leonidas in 300, The Phantom in Phantom of the Opera–that guy). In Chasing Mavericks, Butler plays surf mentor/father figure Frosty to Jonny, who plays the…