For the current crop of garage rockers its not 1965 anymore. Many of the bands who have been champions of scenes like the now virtually defunct San Francisco one have moved on from their raunchy roots to embrace a more…
In the 1960's there were few guitarists more prolific and higher profile than Michael Bloomfield. Cutting his teeth with blues masters like Muddy Waters, session playing for Bob Dylan's famed Highway 61 and backing him up at the legendary "electric"…
All you garage fans will finally have something to Dwyer-yip about in the New Year. The Crepe Place is playing host to not one, not two, but three killer bands. Orange County western lo-fi outfit The Abigails top the bill…
In 1971 the band played a four night run at New York's Academy of Music that culminated in a powerhouse New Years Eve show. In 71' the tightest band in rock n' roll was at an apex, ripping through their…
On August 27, 1972, The Grateful Dead played a legendary set on Ken Kesey's farm in Veneta, Oregon. This show has long been traded among Dead Heads but has never been available as an official release. Until now. The Dead…
Happy College Radio Day! Today KZSC will band together with over 500 College Radio stations around the world to celebrate the low end of the FM band. Beginning last year College Radio Day has been celebrating and bringing awareness to…
Over their long strange strip the Grateful Dead frequented Berkeley's Greek Theatre. Even past the band's tenure original members have made their way back to the charming ampitheatre often. Phil Lesh and Bob Weir continue this tradition on September 27-29…
Ahhh summer. Time for corn dogs, roller coaster rides and package tours that fill outdoor venues across the nation. Shoreline will see its fair share of these roll through this season, but there's one that puts the rest to shame…
There is no shortage of festivals to attend in the summertime. With so many to choose from it's impossible to go to everything; especially with the prices they're asking these days. You've got to be a smart festival shopper to…
KZSC's Program Director Lois Rosson had a chance to sit down with Alex Brown Church of Sea Wolf to discuss their latest album, Old World Romance. Sea Wolf played at Moe's Alley on May 21st, the 3rd stop on a…
The first record I ever bought with my own money was No Doubt’s Rock Steady. When my friends came over, we’d take turns mimicking Gwen Stefani’s chesty vocals into an old broom handle while the CD whirred in my…
Back by popular demand and just in time for the cold, harsh, lonely winter months, KZSC's 2nd edition of Anonymous Caller is now accepting submissions. The theme for this issue is graffiti-you've-spotted-around-that-looks-cool. That means photos of bathroom graffiti, wall graffiti,…
Music is the cultural bundle package. It defined the identity of post-war social movements and their countercultures; it also acts as a commodity consciously bought, sold, and made marketable to prospective general audiences in the form of fads or trends. Why…
Big thanks to Cassandra, KZSC's guest columnist for covering the 2012 Outside Lands Festival. OUTSIDE LANDS 2012 by Cassandra Cronin Enter the wooded field of San Francisco’s largest urban park between the dates of August 10th through the…
KZSC's brand new zine, Anonymous Caller, is accepting submissions until October 22nd.
I'm making my way via automobile up to Oregon for a mini-vacation. Nothing too lavish—I'll be gone less than a week and still be in a separate hemisphere than the Bahamas. But it's just enough time to get away from that plague of the…
KZSC's spending some quality time outdoors in the sun with, potentially, the next generation of radio mega-stars. July is filled with New Student Orientation events at UCSC; incoming freshmen (and their parents) come to the campus for orientation events and…
Donna Mekis and Peter McGettiga discuss Croatia and documentary filmmaking. Davis Banta talks about the "True West" play.
Brian Spencer and Al Muller discuss See Theatre play, "The Letters." Snider talks about her ceramics show for Open Studios.
Christopher Krohn discusses UCSC's environmental studies internship program. Rita Bottoms talks about her book Riffs & Ecstasies.
