.Mat Weir

Because of his popularity, his music has been featured in major video games like the Madden NFL 24 franchise and television shows like The Hills—all without signing a major label deal.

And whether concertgoers are there to dance, trip out or mosh, Sullivan King’s got all angles covered.

TAPES chases their dream and exports its Santa Cruz synthwave over the hill to the San Jose community.

So unique, they’ll pair nicely with a night billed as “Rave And Dim Sum,” where partiers can get—yup, that’s right—some delicious Jade Catahay’s dim sum while dancing the night away into the early morning.

His 2018 mixtape, The Wolf of Grape Street, and debut studio album, God Level, further pushed him into the mainstream. When he caught charges the same year and faced 20 years locked up, he completed an insane number of tracks—3,000 total—and kept releasing music until his early release last year.

Spring it on me! This week’s season change presages an activity uptick. There’s fun to be had and we're not missing a beat of it.

Whether flowing over a floating melody or screaming, he always captures a laid-back, introspective vibe opposite from much of today’s copy-and-paste hip-hop.

Teamed up with the Hawaiian and Santa Cruz country duo Poi Rogers, the result is one hell of honky-tonkin’ night of distinctive music that is seemingly tailor-made for a comic shop music venue.