By Evan Jones For those uninitiated with the city pop genre, it is a loose label describing Japanese music from the late 70s & 80s featuring heavy western influences from rock and funk to jazz-fusion and disco. In an effort…
By Carlos Cervantes Almost late for Black history month, but here it is. Kemistry: one of the seminal figures in the drum and bass scene, a legend and pioneer in a field dominated by men. Kemistry emerged as a…
"Fire It Up" Album cover featuring Rick James By Jules Champion In honor of Black History Month, I'll be reminding you of 5 classic albums to re-add to your rotation, and introducing you to 2 that should be there…
Photo Credit: Jonathan Velazquez Erik Ratensperger has lived two lives as a drummer. In Jeromes Dream, he played unhinged hardcore, surrounded by a ring of raging punks who didn’t give a shit about anything but the energy, the catharsis…
Written by Sebastian Gonzalez With the recent release of “Human Car” by Californian skate-rock outfit Most Fried, KZSC sat down with a few members of the band and discussed their musical backgrounds, diverse creative influences, as well as the band’s…
Written by Andrew Mcintosh Punk, Rock, and Psychedelia. Wine Lips manages to beautifully mix these three genres into an entirely new sound. Starting as just three roommates in different bands, they came together in 2017 to start an “easy…
Written by Nora Jones After many years of releasing EPs including Honey Gold (2015), More Honey (2017), and No Honey (2018), 4-piece, Canadian indie-rock band Goodbye Honolulu has finally released their debut, self-titled album. I was introduced to them when…
DADA - B BOYS Written by Haley Young The band B Boys released an epic album called Dada in 2017 that blends fast punchy rock with some punk undertones, like Parquet Courts on steroids. It’s one of those magic albums…
By John Malkin Gary Numan has had an extraordinary musical career spanning almost five decades. He rode the first wave of British punk into developing electronic-synth rock fused with science fiction themes. Numan had two worldwide hits in 1979 with…
Drum machines have no soul, and neither does Jordan Sobolew Article and Interview by Ben Goldstein Why is Jordan Sobolew, easily one of the most inventive and idiosyncratic drummers of the era, not first to spring to mind when people…
Written by DJ Locrian Based out of Los Angeles, Duncan Hartwell a producer, singer songwriter, and also tours around california as a lead guitarist for many churches. This artist is a multi-instrumentalist playing through different music mediums such as guitar,…
Here are the best loud rock releases of April and May for your listening pleasure. Also, please remember to donate to KZSC's Spring Pledge drive happening right now. KZSC is unique in putting punk and metal music on the radio, where…
Here are our top 10 picks for electronic music this week - this is what we've been listening to so we hope you will check them out! RPM Top 10 for May 9th: 1. ODESZA - "Line Of Sight" b/w "Late…
Did you miss this video of LiKWUiD? Keep an eye on KZSC's facebook page with a quick like! Saturday, Local Brew hosted LiKWUiD live on 88.1 FM, shortly before this performance at SubRosa Community Space. Listen for more on Queen Beats, Tuesday at 10 pm. Don't sleep—Keep it locked on 88.1 FM or streaming.kzsc.org .
April showers bring May flowers and that's exactly what we're getting with this month's amazing releases! This time we have electronic music ranging from beautifully ambient to dark and pounding on our charts. Also make sure to check out our…
Top o' the mornin'! Here is your long-overdue update on the best metal that has come out recently, or out soon. Power Trip - Nightmare Logic [Thrash Metal] Pallbearer - Heartless [Doom Metal] Crurifragium - Beasts of the Temple of Satan…
A lot is happening in the world of RPM! Our new KZSC Winter Schedule started just last week and our RPM shows have started out with a bang. We have The Groove Institute with Black Cow Tuesdays at 9pm, Night…
Brrrrrr my goodness it's getting chilly! To get you through this inclement weather, and as a reward for surviving the holidays, here are some great loud rock releases from the month of January and the latter half of December. Black…
The quarter is coming to a close, and the air continues to drop in temperature... End-of-year lists are being prepared, and folks are turning in for the holidays... But that doesn't mean the month of December can't be host to…
So much beautiful metal is released this time of year...must be the weather, I suppose! Here's some of my top picks for the brutal-est and grooviest metal out now. Urfaust - Empty Space Meditation (Black Metal) Ulcerate - Shrines of Paralysis (Death Metal)…
Hello all you jazzy listeners and KZSC supporters! Here are the Jazz Charts for this week! Make sure you check out or jazz programming including shows like Clam Chops on Tuesdays at 12pm and Jazz Kitty on Saturdays at 12pm…
