Late June Loud Rock News
End of June's New & Good Loud Rock on KZSC: 1 Deceiver Of The Gods Metal Blade 2 SPIRITS OF THE DEAD Rumours Of A Presence The End 3 PHILIP H. ANSELMO AND THE ILLEGALS "Usurper Bastard's Rant" [Single] Housecore…
Reggae Music For Dads
Still thinking about Father's Day? Here's a song about a father's love by reggae artist TURBAN X. Fathers are fathers all year long; try to find the time to let them really know how you feel. So along with your words…
The Uncluded- Hokey Fright
Kimya Dawson & Aesop Rock come together as The Uncluded to create the collaborative album Hokey Fright. At first I was a little hesitant, not knowing what to expect from the unusual collaboration. It was like I was listening to…
Anuhea & Justin Young Interview
I had a wonderful chat with Hawaiian reggae music stars Anuhea and Justin Young as they were passing through Northern California, performing at the Reggae in the Hills Festival in Angels Camp. Hear the interview here. Anuhea & Justin Young…
Interview with Katherine from Mystic Roots Band
Check out this interview I had with Katherine Ramirez of Mystic Roots Band. They will be performing THIS weekend at Reggae in the Hills Music Festival out in Angels Camp, CA. Their new album Campfire came out tuesday June 4th. This is…
Loud Rock Charts: 6/4
Break out the bongs. Psych/Stoner Metal band Thinning The Herd is leading this week's adds for Loud Rock with the album Freedom From The Known St. Marks. Fans of old Black Sabbath, Annihilation Time, and Purple Mercy should be adequately…
La Conquête du Monde
Have you ever played the board game 'Risk'? It's actually pretty fun. This game, invented by French film director Albert Lamorisse, was originally released as La Conquête du Monde in 1957, and it is one of the longest board game you will ever play. Monopoly…
Deerhunter – Monomania
Deerhunter / Monomania / Out via 4AD on May 7th, 2013 Like any well-oiled pop machine, Atlanta’s avant-garage outfit Deerhunter knows when to slowly gas the psych propellers into an ambient blissout, and bust out pedal-to-the-metal spurts of pure punk rock…
Greg Puciato from The Dillinger Escape Plan Talks Crazy Shows & Crazier Poop!
Yes, you read that headline correctly. As the vocalist for (in)famous extreme metal band The Dillinger Escape Plan, Greg Puciato has seen some shit. Literally. In this exclusive interview, Greg mentions a hilariously disgusting event that will go down in UK history…
Loud Rock Charts: 5/28
How rad are three-day weekends? Instead of putting off work until Sunday, everyone gets an extra day to regret not doing a single productive thing. Now that you're well rested, you can check out this week's new music! Remember The…
The Clams Have Come Back!
One of KZSC's favorite Oakland four piece bands, Shannon & The Clams, have just released Dreams in the Rat House. We haven't heard anything from them since the Gremlin Crawl 7" so this is a HUGE DEAL. Best of all:…
Sea Wolf Drops by KZSC
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…
Loud Rock Charts: 5/21
After getting beaten and bruised at the Dillinger Escape Plan show, it was nice to take some time off and relax to some of the new releases slated for this week. Fans of Orchid (Doom Metal band not Screamo band,…
CMJ Top 30
This week's charts at KZSC are a classic case of "tell me something I don't know." What we do know is that Thee Oh Sees are the most badass band on the planet. San Francisco's prolific garage crew has delivered…
Beck @ The Rio & Coping With Not Going
Like me, you're most likely disappointed that you didn't get your ticket to see Beck at the Rio tomorrow night (and if you're not you're one lucky ticket holder). I'm sure you planned on laying in bed numbly, wondering how…
KZSC Jazz Charts 5/6 and Featured Artist Sarah Elizabeth Charles
All of the cats at KZSC have been enjoying a huge influx of the finest jazz in lieu of the recent JAM (Jazz Appreciation Month) of April. Now that April has ended, the fun hasn't stopped in May and we…
Loud Rock Charts: 5/14
Greetings all! Decisions are in and the people have spoken, KZSC's new Loud Rock Director is I, DJ trev_gore! I'm hoping I can fill in the shoes of your former overlord Brootalisk sufficiently. As first order of action, check out…
Loud Rock Charts: 5/7
Sodom's Epitome of Torture dropped on our (metal)heads two weeks ago. What the hell? How did I miss that? More importantly, who's the assbag that forget to send me a memo and do my job for me? Also, if you have yet…
Loud Rock Charts: 4/30
With these last adds/charts comes the end of April, and the beginning of something beautiful. And metal. Can we dub this month "Metal May"? Because there are some seriously mindblowing tours coming to the Bay Area and Santa Cruz over…
Loud Rock Charts: 4/23
This week has been unexpectedly awesome in terms of our metal adds for the week. We've got The Ocean's highly anticipated record, which comes in two versions, one with vocals and one without. If for some reason growly vocals don't…
A Critical Analysis of the Summer Slaughter Butthurt
On the fateful day of Friday March 22nd, a dramatic event that has shaken and reverberated across the entire metal community occurred: the line up at this years Summer Slaughter Festival was announced. Hordes upon hordes of furious metal…