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Loud Rock Charts – First Week of January

Top Ten: BARONESS -- Purple HATCHET -- Fear Beyond Lunacy LEFTOVER CRACK -- Constructs Of The State ZULUS -- II GRAVE BABIES -- Holographic Violence MADAME MAYHEM -- Now You Know SHINING -- International Blackjazz Society DRACONIAN -- Sovran USELESS…

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New World Charts- 2016!!!

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…

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A Floral review (playing Jan 7 in SF)

Nothing really says DIY like a good ol' house show, and nothing says underground like bands that have forged their own distinct sound. I'd known Floral's guitarist since his punk rock days back when our bands were equally pissed off and equally terrible in that beautiful way that only punk is. What a few semesters at Berklee had done to him was simply mindblowing. With only a compressor to cut out feedback and static, his high treble tapping brought the room to a mathy frenzy. Fingers flashed and blurred. Feet flew over massive and elaborate pedalboards. Surely, math has never before been this rock. Or rock been this math. You know, whichever.

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Dec 16: Paula Fuga & Anuhea At Moe’s Alley

Warm it up, Santa Cruz!  Welcome the Island sounds of Paula Fuga and Anuhea to Moe's Alley Wednesday, December 16th at 8:30 pm. Paula has a truly exquisite voice and she uses her talents to be a cultural ambassador for her Hawaiian home and people. Anuhea, brings new reggae-tinged holiday music to the stage at Moe's Alley. Get your Island sway going on, groove to the music and the rare treat of having these two talents together on the mainland.

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New World Charts: First Week of December

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…

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Loud Rock Charts – First Week of December

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…

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DJ Roomba’s 2015 Recap

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…

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Last Week of November – Loud Rock Charts

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…

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TÜLIPS – KZSC Interviews

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…

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KZSC Show Reviews: Froth

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…

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The Merrie Monarch, David Kalakaua

Wiki Wiki Wednesday honors the birthdate of the last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Hawai'i this Wednesday between 6 and 9 am.  David La'amea Kalakaua was born November 16th, 1836 and known as 'The Merrie Monarch' for his enthusiastic revival of Hawaiian music, dance and sport. Fluent in English and Hawaiian, the young David Kalakaua studied law in his younger years, and led the group the Young Hawaiians, whose motto was "Hawaii for the Hawaiians." We will have many musical tributes to the king, along with a very special guest co-host, Ku Imua Kalakaua!

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