Snail Mail at the Rio Theater
By Seanan Maher It's a tough gig, playing a show in Santa Cruz on 4/20. I've seen amazing bands fail to get the energy of a crowd up even on days where the whole audience hadn't been inhaling the Devil's…
A Night with The UCSC Orchestra
By Angelo Claure Showtime at the Music Center Recital Hall It was a cold and rainy night on Thursday, March 9th at the UC Santa Cruz Recital Hall, but the music could not be delayed nor the crowd discouraged. The…
Interviewing the UCSC cast of She Kills Monsters
Izzy Pedego (Agnes Evans) with rehearsal sword and shield in the prop shop. Image courtesy of Izzy Pedego Interview by Isabella Fredriksson-Allen KZSC’s Isabella Fredriksson-Allen talks to Izzy Pedego, cast-member of the Barnstorm Theatre's latest show, She Kills Monsters by playwright…
UFC 285 – Gane v Jones
Image Credit: Charlie Erdman This coming Saturday, the UFC will host its third pay-per-view of the year, UFC 285, built around the Heavyweight Championship of the World. The greatest mixed martial artist of all time, Jon “Bones” Jones makes…
Super Bowl LVII has Arrived!
Folks, the big game has arrived. This coming Sunday, February 12th, Super Bowl LVII will conclude a long and exciting NFL season. The final game of the 22/23 season combines the two most potent offenses against each other as the…
Post-Punk Poetry: Dry Cleaning – Live at August Hall
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…
One Step Closer to Super Bowl LVII
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…
UFC 283 – Rio de Janeiro
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…
UC Santa Cruz Women’s Basketball hosts Pride Night on January 13
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…
Dia De Los Muertos event at the Quarry Amphitheater on November 2nd, 2022
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
ONE LAST RIDE: Interview with OLIVER TREE
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…
STS9 Concerts at the Quarry Amphitheater August 12th and 13th
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…
Earth Day Rally for Carbon-Free Campus
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…
2022 March Madness
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…
This Day in History: Summer of Love ’67
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…
49ers vs Cowboys Wild Card Matchup
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…
Remove the California Mission Bells: An Interview with Valentin Lopez, Chair of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band
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…
Featured Crash Course Event 06/06/2021 (Local Bay Area Artist Collective)
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…
UMI: Live at the (virtual) Quarry Amphitheater
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…
Noisepop x KZSC Presents: Chastity Belt Live at The Catalyst
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”…
Presto: An interview with Pigeons Playing Ping Pong’s Greg Ormont
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…