El niño is approaching and KZSC has a storm of its own! Here are the new musical releases to look for as we enter the new year. Stay worldly. Jonny Greenwood/Shye Ben Tzur/Rajastahan Express-Junun Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet-Intercambio Karavan Sarai…
UCSC students, (Including our World DJS), are busy studying for finals. Why not crank up some Chilean Folk tunes? We have a song by Nano Stern that will soothe your nerves, and may give you "La confianza" you need to…
It's December! AAAAAAAAAHGGGHGHGHRG DECEMBER! FINALS! WHY ARE YOU READING THIS?! GO STUDY FOR YOUR FINALS!!! GGRRAAAGAAGARHRGHARGHH!!!!!!!!! MEDICINE MOON - Medicine Moon EP KILLING JOKE - Pylon TYONDAI BRAXTON - Hive1 IAMX - Metanoia ZULUS - II ATOM AGE - Hot…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3eAMGXFw1o&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DB3eAMGXFw1o&has_verified=1 Best Music Video of 2015: Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money Rihanna's music video starts off with her kidnapping a woman and throwing her in a suitcase. Rihanna and her friends drive around with her in the trunk…
Hopefully all you punks, metalheads, and rockers had a pleasant Thanksgiving. Or had a pleasant time explaining why Thanksgiving is rooted in genocide and jingoism. Or, perhaps best yet, simply had an opportunity over the past week to spend some…
Tülips from way down south in Los Angeles just finished up a tour for their debut album "Doom and Bloom". For their final date, we here at KZSC had the opportunity of asking them some questions about their noisy poppy sound…
Recently, we at KZSC had the opportunity to talk with the guitarist of the legendary Santa Cruz Skate Punk band, Mike Neider. Recently, the band put out a new EP with Dave Grohl on drums and Chuck Dukowski on bass.…
Top Ten: 1 LEFTOVER CRACK Constructs of the State 2 KILLING JOKE Pylon 3 CHELSEA WOLFE Abyss 4 GRAVE BABIES Holographic Violence 5 ATOM AGE Hot Shame 6 TIMMY'S ORGANISM Heartless Heathen 7 GREYS Repulsion 8 USELESS EATERS Live In…
This past week, psychedelic/shoegaze band Froth made their way up to Santa Cruz to play a show at the Crepe Place. I've seen Froth once before down in Pomona and it was a spectacle to behold. The lighting, visuals, and…
Top Ten: 1 SHINING - International Blackjazz Society 2 SPORTS - All Of Something 3 BATTLES - La Di Da Di 4 TYONDAI BRAXTON - Hive1 5 ATOM AGE - Hot Shames 6 ZULUS - II 7 FUZZ - II 8…
Written by Alex Seradj Kendrick Lamar has undoubtedly had one of the most rapid progressions of any artists in recent memory. He announced his presence with the release of section 8.0. He proved his mass appeal with the success of…
https://soundcloud.com/kzsc/interview-with-stelth-ulvang Stelth Uvlang, song writing, Lumineer membering, the piano pounding, finger picking bada** has a new album out and just kicked off a solo west coast tour with Gill Landry. He has an upcoming show on November 11th at Don…
Top Ten: PENTAGRAM - Curious Volume HEATERS - Holy Water Pool UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS - The Night Creeper THOR - Metal Avenger DEAFHEAVEN - New Bermuda SHOPPING - Why Choose BERZERKS - Run You Over BATTLES - La…
The 26th Annual International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards show was held last month, and KZSC will feature highlights from this event on Backroads, between 12-2pm on Sunday, November 8, 2015. Recorded live at the Duke Center for the Performing Arts,…