Top Ten: 1 MERCY BROWN Mercy Brown 2 WORRIERS Imaginary Life Don Giovanni 3 SHARKMUFFIN Chartreuse 4 KARBHOLZ Karma Metalville 5 PRONG Songs From The Black Hole eOne 6 HUNTRESS Static Napalm 7 THE BERZERKS Run You Over 8 SYMPHONY-X…
Debashish Bhattacharya is a master improviser on the Indian slide guitar, and KZSC is proud to host Bhattacharya on this week’s Used Records show, Wednesday September 30th between 9 am and noon. Bhattacharya developed a new system of playing--and teaching--Indian classical guitar centered on three of guitar designs of his own invention. He is in Santa Cruz for a concert on Friday October 2nd, at the Pacific Cultural Center.
When will the weather cool!? Here I remain with a craving for sweet, cold ice cream at the beach and the shops are prepping for spooky nights yet to come. What a mismatch! Well, in the meantime, you can enjoy…
Top Ten: AHAB — The Boats of the Glen Carrig REANIMATOR — Horns Up WORRIERS — Imaginary Life KINGS DESTROY — Kings Destroy ACRASSICAUDA — Gilgamesh DOG PARTY — Vol. 4 DELETIST — 3rd Class Cover Songs CEREBELLION — Regeneration PRONG — Songs from the Black Hole CHEMICAL BURN…
Trying to find tickets to next weekend's Dry Diggings Festival (Sept. 25th-26th)? Tune into the Great 88.1 KZSC this weekend for a chance to win a pair of tickets to one of the premier reggae festivals of the season! Brought…
Did you know that the score to Love & Mercy was inspired by The Beatles' Revolution 9? Well now you do! Revolution 9 was released almost 47 years ago, but the new Shannon & The Clams album, Gone by the Dawn,…
If today's weather was any indication, the summer sun is receding in favor of autumn fog and drizzle. Though the weather may be (hopefully?) getting cooler, the tracks our DJs are spinning are still hot as ever! Top Ten: AHAB…
Carol's interview with iconic San Francisco bluesman Joe Louis Walker is available--on demand--in the Test of Time archives, until September 25. He's played with Lightnin' Hopkins, BB King, James Cotton, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Otis Rush, and Mike Bloomfield. JLW plays Moe's Alley in Santa Cruz on Wednesday September 16.
On Wiki Wiki Wednesday, a musical tribute to the music and songs of Hawai'i and the Pacific Islands, we celebrate the birth of Queen Lili'uokalani. Lili'uokalani ascended to the throne January 29th, 1891, after the death of her brother, King David Kalakaua, known as the Merrie Monarch, for his revival of the hula, surfing and other Hawaiian arts. Queen Lili'uokalani was an accomplished author, composer and musician. She composed "Aloha 'Oe," or "Farewell to Thee," a popular lover's goodbye, which later became imbued with mourning for the loss of her country after the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom. We keep the Queen and Hawaiian Kingdom in heart, in part through the music.
Phew! The end of summer is in sight, and the dawn of a new school year is draws nigh. But KZSC's dedication to bringing you brutal, thrashy, turn-the-speakers-up-and-melt-your-face-off tracks is like a snake made of airwaves that is constantly eating…
Ledward Kaapana, from Hawai'i Island, playing his inimitable slack key guitar style, rallies in the redwoods with Fran Guidry on Wednesday. These gentlemen of music perform at 7:30 pm Wednesday, August 26th. Led has been entertaining audiences since "small kid…
David Anton Savage, The Savage, as he is warmly known by at the station has been a big part of the KZSC Community for 16 years now. Best known for his work on Unfiltered Camels, a show which began in the Fall of 1989; he became the host in June of 1999 (and the show hits its 26th year this Fall) ! Savage has also gone above and beyond the call of duty as a volunteer at KZSC, and he has created or shaped many other shows at the station, including The Savage Bistro, Insect Agony, Talkabout, and Musikal Jewz, contributing--as DJ Goy Boy-- "Did Jew Know?" a 2 to 4 minute segment of Jewish knowledge.
KZSC is your one-stop shop for goth, metal, and punk rock! Check it: Top Ten: ARCHER — Culling the Weak DELETIST — 3rd Class Cover Song DOG PARTY — Vol. 4 MUTOID MAN — Bleeder KORPIKLAANI — Noita HIGH ON FIRE — Luminiferous SONICK PLAGUE — Sonick…
These are some of my favorite songs to come out so far this year. Don't sleep on 'em! BONES - Sodium (Prod. by Purp Dogg)- SoThereWeStood (Team Sesh) Bones is always in rotation on The Fonzie Scheme. He's already dropped three awesome releases…
This week's world music top 10 are steady, with last week's adds picking up well. Cuban son and song coming from Dayme Arocena and Quarter Street are perfect for this unexpected summer heat. Chico Trujillo also come with their new style…
Hey you! Check out some cool new tracks below and never stop listenin' to The Great 88.1FM for your source of rad music, old & new. Top 10: Mac DeMarco - Another One La Luz - Weirdo Shrine Tame Impala…
Whew! It's that time of the week again. Rest assured, the new releases gracing our air-room are as hot as the mid-August sun. Check 'em out! Top Ten: MUTOID MAN — Bleeder ARCHER — Culling the Weak HIGH ON FIRE — Luminiferous ANGRA — Secret…
Well it's already August! Some kids are already heading off Back-to-School (because we all know this magic event deserves a hyphenated proper noun) and us on the quarter system are in the second half of our summer sessions. For driving…
Whether your August so far has been sleepy and warm, or a frenzied blur of summer school, it's natural that you may be starting to tune most things out. But something something loud rock something something feel awesome! Something our DJs something…
This time of year at KZSC, we have tickets to giveaway for some of the season’s best festivals. This week’s spotlight on-air ticket giveaway will be for Symbiosis Gathering, a multi-faceted lakeside music and arts festival bringing together some of…
August is my favorite month. The weather is always brilliant, and, we just added a bunch of great new albums to our new releases shelf in the KZSC on-air studio. One of those albums is Another One by Mac DeMarco;…