By Charissa Zeigler I’ve been scrolling for an hour through half-American half-Chinese music blogs searching for clues about A-Mei, the artist behind the album Mei-Rok. I’ve been playing her eight tracks on repeat for the last few months and it’s…
"The Room Where it Happens…” is an outlet for students to discuss all things news, talk, and the most recent inauguration. The intention is to set an atmosphere for students to ask questions, and voice any concerns or topics regarding…
By Amahli Vivian March 7, 2025, was not the first time The Garden had come to Santa Cruz. They had played at the Catalyst back in 2022, although I was unable to attend. Their most recent “Nine Desperate Dates” tour…
Defunding Public Media Through Project 2025: Implications for Rural/College Radio Funding and Media Diversity by Faith Ellis In the United States, public media stations similar to PBS and NPR, have long served as critical platforms for local journalism, non-commercial programming,…
March is Women’s History Month Women Controlling the Purse Strings in the Great Wealth Transfer Monterey Bay Resident Director of Merrill Wealth Management March is Women’s History Month, and we celebrate the growing economic power of women, who are earning…
Sasscore and the Emergence of Counter Counterculture By Peyton K. It may seem impossible to envision a genre of music that somehow rebels against both mainstream culture and counterculture. However, the genre of sasscore manages to exist in a unique…
By Cindy Becerra Berlin’s IT girl finally made her way to the States for her grand US tour with DBBD. Miss Bashful was born in Mexico City and is proud of her Mexican and German roots. Living in Berlin, Mexico…
By Peyton K. A Youth Crew revival is on the horizon, and it's coming to a town near you. After hearing raving reviews of Start Today after they opened for Knumears' 2 Year Anniversary show on the 22nd, I knew…
By: DJ Alla The sound of folk music is alive and well today in Haley Heynderickx. This past Friday the 31st I was lucky enough to see Haley at the Rio Theatre here in Santa Cruz. Haley is a Portland-based…
By Roktima Godhuli I Am Trying to Break Your Heart by Wilco is the perfect opener to their 10/10 rock album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot(2001). Don’t play this at the function, though; it might be a bit of a party pooper…
By Roktima Godhuli PSUE DONIM, aka Ben Phipps, and I met in August. We immediately bonded through music, hanging out in the car on those hot summer nights and listening to the good stuff. We talked about our favorite songs…
This was a highly anticipated concert for me personally, I had wanted to go for a while but was holding off on buying tickets because I couldn’t afford it. I was able to find people selling their last minute tickets…
There was a lot of excitement in the air at this event, it was a cool clear Saturday evening and you could almost feel the high energy waiting to enter the venue. The crowd overall was pretty diverse, some were…
By Amahli Vivian On December 4th, I was lucky enough to interview Tom Katsaras, the frontman and vocalist of Twine. Initially a solo project formed in 2021 by Katsaras, Twine later solidified into a full band. The South Australian band’s…
by DJ Bugs This playlist is inspired by my (somehow) 12-hour roadtrip from Santa Cruz to LA. I had a 3 hour detour on the 1 (there was a rock slide near Big Sur and I had to turn…
Photo by Colleen Barrett By Cadence Baker On Saturday, November 23rd, KZSC Santa Cruz journeyed to San Francisco to attend Brooklyn-based digital hardcore band Machine Girl’s first of two sold-out shows at the Regency Ballroom. We sat…
By Amahli Vivian Hometown shows tend to be more lively compared to other shows. Scowl, a local hardcore punk band took over the Santa Cruz Catalyst stage on November 30 for their "Annual Dance Party 2024." I was lucky enough…
The second to last city on the My Anti-Aircraft Friend tour. Berkeley, my first concert in the Bay Area. What better concert to be at than at a Julie concert? A Los Angeles trio consisting of Alexandria Elizabeth on vocals/bass,…
By warlock On Monday, November 18th, I had the pleasure of seeing AJJ in concert at San Francisco’s The Chapel. The venue certainly lived up to it’s name, as this show was an experience that could be described as religious…
Front-line service and patient care workers at the University of California system who are members of AFSCME Local 3299 are striking Wednesday and Thursday tomorrow to protest what they call the university’s bad-faith bargaining. The more than 37,000 workers affected…
by Jack Rudy Photo by Yis Kid The Greep In the midst of a larger prog-rock (Progressive-Rock) wave that's hitting the States, no other emergent artists stand out as much as Geordie Greep does. Hailing from Walthamstow, England, Greep found…