Not Alone: Interview with Chastity Belt
Dustin Lennin Choto recently got a chance to speak with noise-pop/rock band Chastity Belt. They talk memes, film, favorite movie soundtracks and more. Check it out below. Audio by: Kathy Damian
RexxLifeRaj interview w/ riz aka rsd 6.24.17 via #NoPlatform
@rizzystaydizzy most recently hooked up with #NoPlatform, a group out of Vallejo, CA to collaborate with to premiere interviews. Via #NoPlatform: Riz delivers his latest interview with Rexx Life Raj. During this interview, Rexx Life Raj and Riz talk about being on tour with P-Lo, PSD Tha Drivah, Goonsquad, Game of…
Gary Junior interview w/ riz aka rsd 6.29.17 #IMPECCABLE
I was able to interview Gary Junior, an artist from North Vallejo, who has been pushing his music since graduating from Jesse M. Bethel HS in East Vallejo 2013. Gary Junior has had a creative mind since then and has…
KZSC Exclusive: Mild High Club’s Alex Brettin talks microphones, Chicago jazz, and NPR
Robin Estrin and Syd the Kid interview Mild High Club's Alex Brettin at Don Quixote's International Hall of Music. Read on to see how a review of the show dovetailed into an area woman's existential crisis, and be sure to tune in…
Jean-Luc Ponty Interview w/ Test of Time’s DJ Carol!
Carol of the Test of Time speaks with legendary violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. A virtuoso violinist, Ponty was the first musician to treat the violin like a guitar, applying the use of distortion boxes, phase shifters and the wah-wah pedal to…
Representation in Media and Music is Important
by Kimberly Balmorez (DJ AWKCUARD). Growing up I really wish I had Filipino-identified folks to look up to. Other than my own family, I wasn't surrounded by my culture at all and no one in my family was politically or…
The Frights at the Catalyst 05.20.2017 Interview
Written by: Serena Ozonur / Audio by: DJ Maladroit On Saturday May 20, 2017, The Frights played at the Catalyst in downtown Santa Cruz, touring with Hunny and King Shelter. As their tour came to an end, I had the…
Ab-Soul at the Catalyst 05.24.2017 Interview
Ab-Soul is an American rapper from Carson, California. Ab-Soul grew up in a record store his parents owned, and credits much of his musical knowledge to this experience. He points to Nas, Jay Z, and Eminem as being his…
KZSC is going to Lighting in a Bottle
Remember how dry it was in California last year? Well, this year the festival grounds of Lightning in a Bottle (LIB) has a giant lake where last year there was none! KZSC's Crux is headed to the site on Memorial Day weekend to report back on the festival experience--follow the adventures on KZSC's Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Highway To Irie double interview w/ Katchafire & Rebel Souljahz/Eli-Mac! by riz aka djrsd
Check it out! @rizzystaydizzy caught up with Logan and Jordan from the internationally known band Katchafire from New Zealand after their stop at The Catalyst in downtown Santa Cruz on 4.16.17. Not only did I get to meet Katchafire but I caught up with the one and only Rebel Souljahz & Eli-Mac after their stop at The Catalyst in downtown Santa Cruz on 4.11.17.
New KZSC items for your donation!
We just added KZSC stickers and one-of-a-kind handmade KZSC buttons and newly re-issued 88 point 1 tee shirts in all sizes to our website. It's not too late to grab some of these limited edition items as a thank you for your donation to KZSC. We'll put your gift to work, activating our volunteers and listener-sponsored studios to bring you the best local arts, culture, and news from the Monterey Bay!
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SOB X RBE Concert Review + Xslapz Interview by riz aka djrsd & Tika
On Thursday, April 6, 2017, DJ Elbo, Tika and riz aka djrsd attended the sold out SOB X RBE show live at The Atrium, at The Catalyst in downtown Santa Cruz. Riz aka djrsd was the first person ever to…
In Praise of Errors: A Case for Radio
Post by DJ MoKat. Image by Tom Palumbo. Everyone is so scared to make them. Mistakes, I mean. As students in class, we never raise our hands unless we are sure we have the right answer; even then, upon answering…
Sammy J, Jordan T, Analea Concert Review + Jordan T x Analea Interview by riz aka djrsd & DJ Mu
On Thursday, March 16, 2017, DJ Mu and I attended Sammy J’s Spring Tour ‘17 at The Catalyst in downtown Santa Cruz, which featured special guests Jordan T and Analea. DJ Mu and I were able to get two out…
Concert Review: Noname at the Chapel on 02/18/2017
In the never ending, open seas of modern rap, Fatimah Warner, known better by her stage name, “Noname” is like a glimpse of land or a taste of fresh produce. She is so many things that I, as a hip…
J Boog Concert Review by riz aka djrsd of KZSC Santa Cruz
On Thursday, February 24, 2017, I attended the Grammy Award Nominee and Island Reggae artist J Boog’s concert for his “Washhouse Ting” Tour here at The Catalyst in downtown Santa Cruz. I was unable to get an interview with J…
Santa Cruz Music Festival at Downtown
The Santa Cruz Music Festival returns to downtown February 18th and 19th. Over 250 mostly local artists are playing at venues on and near Pacific Avenue. And this year, KZSC programmers will be broadcasting interviews and some music from the event! Listen in to get a taste of the amazing local music scene that we are blessed with--and come out to the festival to support the hardworking musicians live!
Reporting Unbiased News in a Divided Country
Tune in this Friday and Saturday to KZSC for updates from DJs who will be in our nation's capital, as well as our home of Santa Cruz, CA and the greater Bay Area. No exaggerations, only eye-witness accounts from us to you. KZSC's students are teaming up with Student Media at UCSC to send student reporters to D.C. and create multimedia projects based on these events and more. "Like" Santa Cruz Media Coalition on Facebook for more unbiased media that's to come. And, of course, keep an eye out on KZSC's Facebook page, Instagram, and Twitter for more reports and photographs.
How the Internet revolutionized the way we consume music
Some people say that the dawn of the digital era is synonymous with the end of traditional radio. The rise of Internet radio stations would have made the original ones become obsolete. Their emergence, at the beginning of the 90’s,…
Wiki Wiki Wednesday, Grateful for Artful Waves of Generosity
The Santa Cruz and Hawai'i surf connection was solidified again, recently. Fletch and JD, of the aSanta Cruz Board Builders Guild and Jeffery Devine Rockets, who work out of Doug Haut's surf shop on the Westside of Santa Cruz, conspired with Wiki Wiki Wednesday music program founder MB for a tremendous surprise—an original art surf board!