Q&A With Grammy-nominated Music Producer DJ Dahi
While at UCSC, DJ Dahi participated in student organizations such as Engaging Education, Black Men’s Alliance and Destination Higher Education. He is most recognized for helping produce “Money Trees,” a song from Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-nominated album “Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City,” as well as Drake’s “Worst...
‘Rent’ Sharpens Its Edge
The actors have been in character since 7 p.m. Upon walking into the theater, the audience is greeted with a ragtag pre-show scene — naked models being drawn on stage left, some kinky sex to stage right and a general display of uncensored loitering. At...
A Well-Versed Genre For New Ears
Writer and violinist Catherine Drinker Bowen once described chamber music as “a conversation between friends,” because chamber music is typically performed by small groups without a conductor, with musicians relying on cues from each other to create a musical conversation.
Fashion Without Bounds
The term queer is somewhat of an aporetic expression, because instead of describing something, it describes an infinite somethings and the space in between. It’s a word enriched by its refusal to subscribe to one meaning and its commitment to embrace many. The annual Queer...
Q&A with Zion I
Edge of Eden performers Zumbi and Amplive talk about the Bay Area music scene and communicating socially conscious messages in their music
Q&A with ill-esha
Edge of Eden performer ill-esha talks about the endless possibilities of electronic music
Q&A with Irene Diaz
Edge of Eden performer Irene Diaz talks about what’s valuable and difficult about being an independent artist
Porter’s Musicality Rings Out Center Stage
Over the mic, the announcer welcomed over 100 people to what he called the “Woodstock of UCSC.” Band after band shuffled on and off the wooden stage, playing for a crowd that only grew as the day progressed. Porter Palooza invited a handful of student...
Blurring the Boundaries of Modern Art
Weeks away from wrapping up their time at UC Santa Cruz, fourth-year students and artists Dawson Timpany and Nicholas Correia succeeded in making the most of their final quarter with their conceptual art show “Accept The Miracle: House of the False Art.” “We were doing...
Reverb-laden Dream Pop Fills The Catalyst
Zachary Cole Smith’s stage presence is interesting, though admittedly unassuming. Dressed in black, head to toe, Smith’s small frame was engulfed in a linen shirt stretching down to his knees and oversized black pants. This is typical for the DIIV (pronounced dive) front man and...