by Andrew Agena The first time I listened to Duster, I felt immediately teleported through the gritty nostalgia of the 90s and the spacy rock feel of a trip gone right. This unique distorted warbling was influential to many musicians…
By DJ Melanchollie Shrouded in pink smoke and enveloped by beams of blue light, the experimental bedroom pop duo Good Morning graced the stage of the Starline Social Club this past Friday and filled the intimate space with their jangly…
by Nicolas Ruiz Despite being a lifelong Green Day fan, I think I was only able to stomach Father of All Motherfuckers because I was tired of stomaching the same material since ¡Uno!. Up until now, this seminal group was…
All photos by Henry Thomas By Henry Thomas Chastity Belt Show Review. Febraury 9, 2020 I went into this show knowing absolutely nothing about Chastity Belt except for a 60 second clip of their music video for “It Takes Time”…
By Nicolas Ruiz Silently creeping out of the mysterious dungeons where they lurk, the death/doom metal band Dragged into Sunlight is back after half a decade with a new release. Known for their dark, twisted experience that was their 2009…
Computer Love: A Modern Romance Playlist (Techies Disregard) By DJ Honey Bucket Since the invention of technology, communicating with the cuties in our lives has been a post-apocalyptic nightmare. Subtle nuances in tone get lost in translation, you get…
by DJ Mixolydian We all know the 7-on-A baseline of “Psycho Killer”, or the chorus to “Burning Down the House”, but here are some tunes that may have slipped by you that definitely deserve a listen. Though David Byrne recently…
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE GREETING COMMITTEE’S ADDIE SARTINO On November 20th of 2019, The Greeting Committee took the stage of the Catalyst Club as the opening act on Hippocampus’ most recent tour. What follows is an interview between resident…
By DJ Parkour This was a special one for me, y’all. I’d already seen Hippo Campus twice so attending their show for the third time around at the Catalyst on November 20th felt like reuniting with old friends, even if…
by TABS Our headliner for the night, Westend is a fairly known DJ in the Dirtybird scene, having been on the Line up for the Dirtybird music festival for 2019. Originally from New York, his real name is Tyler Morris.…
By phlegmatuc Live in KZSC’s Studio, phlegmatuc had the opportunity to interview AG Club straight from their hometown based in the East Bay Area. The Club was enthusiastic to talk about how they started their music career in the hip-hop…
By DJ Maybe A little bit ago I asked some KZSC DJ's what their favorite songs from the decade were. A complicated question. Kind of hoping for a "first thought, best thought" bunch of instinctual answers. Instinct compiled this playlist,…
by Dominic Wong West Coast hip hop collective, Shoreline Mafia, has been teasing the charts and roaming the states during their “Paid in Full Tour”. During a slow rise in the 2010s, Shoreline Mafia gained traction in the underground. They…
By: Tabatha Ruiz BOOTS N’ CATS Presents “FUNCTION” @ ELEV8 NIGHTCLUB November 23 @10PM (21+) 30 South 1st Street, San Jose 95113 BOOTS N’ CATS is an event company based in San Francisco for the Bay Area. The mission of…
Check out this DJ Mixolydian composition of some hits and some rarities of the sweet soulful sound of Hitsville, USA. Motown brought us many, many numbers that make everyone’s day a little bit brighter, so why not make your rainy…
In 2018, Earl Sweatshirt released his highly anticipated album, Some Rap Songs. It was very well received among fans and critics, however it was a massive change of pace from his last two albums. Some Raps Songs takes a unique…
All photos by Sarah Tello. by Dariahn Hernandez The dynamic band of brothers from Orange County took the Catalyst stage once more this past halloweekend entertaining a crowd of ghouls and ghosts. Sporting costumes reminiscent of villains found in 90s action…
By Mariana Soria HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….JOKER’S SOUND….HAHAHAHAH….TRACK…. HAHAHAHAHA….WAS…….HAHAHAHHA…... …. Sorry about that. What I meant to say is that the JOKER film soundtrack put a wide smile on my face. Just moments after smiling however, I…
By DJ Dolce After thorough investigations and interrogations of attendees from this year’s Camp Flog Gnaw, I’ve been hearing a lot of new narratives regarding what happened with the mystery headliner, aka ???. For those of you who live…
by DJ K Parkour: Picture this: It’s 10AM on November 5th, 12 hours before EARTHGANG is to take the stage at The Catalyst in downtown Santa Cruz to a ready and waiting mass of ecstatic fans. I’m sitting in my…
by Edith Adriana Saldano De La Paz It seems like around this time people would usually be tweeting that they want cuddles and that they’re ready to be cuffed. But no! It’s actually break-up season! As scorpio season passes by,…