Until the Quiet Comes
Anybody who knows me knows that I am a Flying Lotus fanatic (fan) so of course I am going to blog about his new album released this month entitled "Until the Quiet Comes." This album continues Lotus' move away from…
Our Sound, Our Fury
Today and Today and Today, sweeps in this pretty place, from hour to hour. To the last sound of time left on this track, and all our yesterdays have lighted playlists. The way to dusty vinyl. Out! Out! Skips and…
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is a San Francisco institution. Establishing itself as a free festival has its perks... I mean for one, it's free! But this festival also prides on having some of the most recognized acts not only in bluegrass…
Loud Rock Charts: 10/2
School has officially started up again here at UCSC, and that means I'm multi-tasking between classes, digging through the newest batch of Loud Rock sent to KZSC and trying to watch the NFL. Who would have thought the Arizona Cardinals would be 4-0…
Merchandise Ride the Newest of Waves on “Children of Desire”
Tampa, Florida's Merchandise don't reinvent the wheel on this year's Children of Desire. The wheel they've got is damn fine, though. Combining the synthetic beats of New Wave and krautrock with soaring guitars and vocals, they create something that feels both modern…
Review: Thee Oh Sees – Putrifiers II
In recent years the San Francisco Bay Area has produced some of the finest garage rock acts around. With such acts as Ty Segall, The Fresh and Onlys, Shannon and the Clams, and Wax Idols calling the area home, the…
Loud Rock Charts: 9/25
TesseracT, known for being very finicky with their vocalists, have finally found their newest singer, Ashe O'Hara, who will hopefully be a more permanent addition than their last two. You can hear a snippet their newest song "Nocturne", which showcases…
Got Twink?
Like it or not, we are well into the age of digitally enhanced music. There is no escape & resistance is futile. Our only defense is to sort through the truly awful with great speed & alacrity. But every now…
Loud Rock Charts: 9/18
Has anyone looked at the album releases on October 9th? Here's a list of the bands that are releasing new albums on that Tuesday case you're wondering: Deftones, Converge, Coheed and Cambria, Enslaved and of course Between the Buried and…
KZSC’s Zine, ‘Anonymous Caller’ Is Accepting Submissions
KZSC's brand new zine, Anonymous Caller, is accepting submissions until October 22nd.
Loud Rock Charts: 9/11
I just saw this really awesome picture taken in France that commemorated the 9/11 attack 11 years ago and thought I'd share with the readers out there. It's always pretty cool to witness some love from foreign countries. ADDS 1…
Interview with BTBAM’s Dan Briggs and Dustie Waring
With the passing of summer comes a slew of records coming from the some of the biggest names in metal. Converge, Neurosis, Devin Townsend Project, and Deftones all have new albums that sound very promising, but they're not quite as…
Jazzing Back to School
Are you or your kids bored of the all-american music called jazz? Well there are some events this month that might just wake you up. If you didn't catch the last blog post, the 55th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival is…
Loud Rock Charts: 9/4
I just moved in to my new dorm yesterday here at UCSC. I'm living all by lonesome, and since I've moved in early the entire building is empty. That on top of the fact that I've been playing Slender and…
YelaWolf at the Catalyst
Coming across YelaWolf was a complete coincidence. I like rap as much as the next Justin Bieber tween-fan but I don't proactively go out of my way to search for up and coming artists, I usually just stick to the…
An Electric Pow Wow (free download!)
Take some dubstep-influenced beats, overlay them with Native American tribal vocals, and you get Pow Wow step, the genre A Tribe Called Red uses to describe their debut self-titled album. Hailing from Canada, the Native American DJ crew combines the…
Local Santa Cruz band North Pacific String Band releases debut album “Steak & Eggs”!
photo by Blake Goodmacher; featured image by Yasamine June "Sure, sure...fersherrsure," the boys of North Pacific String Band mumbled enthusiastically when asked to play some more tunes on my show, Pickin on the Porch with Auntie Em, a few weeks…
August’s Programmer of the Month
August's featured programmer is Dj Panda McFloo with the program The Kids "Are Not" That Revolting. Described as music for those who are cute and cuddly, but mildly cranky, music for the geeks that are far too weird, rebellious on…
The Soft Moon’s Sophomore LP
San Francisco band The Soft Moon will be releasing their second LP, Zeros, on October 30th. Tour dates are set, and they'll be hitting da bay - December 14th at Oakland's New Parish, and December 15th in San Francisco at…