For today's episode we welcomed in Matthew Swinnerton and Natalie Sweeting of Events Santa Cruz! They came on air today to hype us up about their 100th Santa Cruz Midtown Friday Block Party tomorrow night (8/7), where local favorite Trestles will play a free show! We heard something from Trestles' latest album AND a star-studded lineup including them and Lol Tolhurst (of The Cure fame) covering Boys Don't Cry. Matthew and Natalie also did a little bit of guest DJing and told us about their musical loves and influences!

The rest of the set returned to the show's usual footing: Michigander, Carver Commodore, and The Menzingers brought driving, guitar-forward rock. Mallory Hawk followed with thrashy, propulsive garage-punk energy off her newly released debut album, Chinook. Chloe Slater's "Mother Nature's Killing Spree" is a preview of her for ...