By Brock Hrehor Few modern bands embody contrast quite like Dry Cleaning. As innovative as they are anachronistic, the London-based post-brexit band seamlessly blends instrumentals reminiscent of Joy Division and Wire with frontwoman Florence Shaw’s spoken word, absurdist vocals. Having…
This past Sunday, the NFL playoffs moved one step closer towards the almighty Super Bowl. The eight remaining teams were cut down to a final four and the NFC & AFC Championship games were set. After a competitive low…
This coming Saturday, January 21st, 2023, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will host its first pay-per-view event of the year, UFC 283, in historic Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. UFC 283 features two thrilling title fights and is stacked…
By Charlie Erdman This coming Friday, January 13th, UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball will host Pride Night as they take on Lincoln University of Oakland at the West Field House (Rachel Carson College) at 6:00pm. The event is a collaborative…
There will be a Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos event taking place at the UCSC Quarry Amphitheater on November 2nd, 2022! Registration for the event is available at the following link: bit.ly/DiaDeMuertos2022
INTERVIEW WITH SANTA CRUZ'S OWN OLIVER TREE BY JOHN MALKIN 9/15/22 ONE LAST RIDE: OLIVER TREE COMES HOME WITH COWBOY TEARS By John Malkin Oliver Tree has gone from DJing at local Santa Cruz parties to performing in…
KZSC is excited to announce that STS9, a Santa Cruz-based electronic band, is set to perform August 12th and 13th in the Quarry Amphitheater located within the UC Santa Cruz Campus. Tickets can be purchased at the links below! Links…
By Remington Plischke UCSC’s Climate Coalition hosted a rally for Earth Day last Friday, inciting enthusiasm among the student body for climate action. They offered teach-ins through the day, free to the whole community, on a variety of climate-related…
By Charlie Erdman The first day of March Madness started yesterday and it began like it always does, with massive upsets. The biggest upset of them all was 15th seed Saint Peter’s taking down Goliath 2nd seed Kentucky. The Kentucky…
The Human Be-In promotional poster. Photo: Casey Sonnabend Fifty-five years ago on this day, in 1967, the dramatic initiation to the Summer of Love occurred in the polo fields of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. A now iconic…
By Charlie Erdman This upcoming Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers will square off with the Dallas Cowboys in a Wild Card playoff elimination game. A rivalry that goes back decades to the battles of Jerry Rice, Joe Montana, and…
Art by Hannah Rouland, @hannah.tor.art Remove the California Mission Bells: An Interview with Valentin Lopez, Chair of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band August 23, 2021 Santa Cruz, California is the first city in the state to remove the El Camino…
By DJ TABS (Tabatha Ruiz) For those of you who are interested in the music scene and are ready to come out and make appearances amidst this Pandemic and tiresome quarantine, you should definitely check out some of these Local Bay…
R&B artist UMI will perform live on Friday, December 4th at 6 PM. The 21-year-old artist from Seatle is known for her genre-bending style rooted in neo-soul and R&B. This event will be the first concert hosted virtually by UCSC's…
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”…
On Thursday, February 6, DJ Mixolydian got a chance to talk with singer/rhythm guitarist Greg Ormont, one of the four members of Maryland-based funk band Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. PPPP has recently embarked on their winter tour of the west…
KZSC collaborates with College 9/10! During this open tabling event that happened on April 26, 2019, students came in and learned how to DJ/spin, radio curriculum, music & news journalism, and most importantly, walked away with some KZSC merch! Big…
KZSC collaborates with Terry Frietas Cafe at College 9/10! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxLa5KoFDVI&w=560&h=315] During this open tabling event that happened on April 11, 2019, students came in and learned how to DJ/spin, radio curriculum, music & news journalism, and most importantly, walked…
KZSC hosts the Bi-Annual UCRN Conference! Directed & Edited by our Hip Hop Director RIZZYSTAYDIZZY. #GIVE2KZSC [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcNHlAqVFws&w=560&h=315]
Insomniac Events hosted their annual Valentine's Day themed event Crush SF at Bill Graham Civic Center on February 9, 2019. The line up featured a diverse lineup with genres ranging from Dubstep to Progressive House. The headliner for the event…
Mark your calendars for a screening of Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World on Friday, February 8, presented by KZSC and the UCSC American Indian Resource Center. In the meantime, listen to a playlist inspired by the film below!…