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…
KZSC has shed many a tear in the last couple days over the loss of a legend. As Vonnegut would say, so it goes. In preparing the CMJ Charts & Adds for the week, I discovered this new B-side, "David Bowie Songs," released by The Spook School just hours before Bowie's passing. In addition to Blackstar itself, The Spook School's Try To Be Hopeful was one of our Top 5 Adds this week at KZSC.
Station staff member Tony Evans gives us a wonderful interview with legendary west coast hip hop artist and producer Warren G.
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…
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.
It's pretty difficult for me to rank my favorites, but here are my personal top 25 favorite releases (albums, mixtapes, EPs) of 2015. It's mostly hip-hop since that's what I listen to most as hip-hop director here at KZSC! Please comment how I left off your favorite album (I know I probably did). It's hard to keep up with everything!
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.
KZSC Presents Surfer Blood’s fuzzed-out indie-surf rock and Cayucas’ nostalgic sunny pop at a rockin’ show January 13th at The Catalyst. Surfer Blood released their third album, 1000 Palms, this past May and Cayucas just released their second album, Dancing at the Blue Lagoon.
Nahko and Medicine for the People play the Catalyst in downtown Santa Cruz Saturday, December 12th, with the Wheeland Brothers opening the show up at 9:00 pm. Nahko is of Apache, Puerto Rican and Filipino cultures and adopted into the family of music. With the power of Real Talk Music, Nahko gathers a tribe of truth seekers to each concert and event.
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…
Aimee Hamel, AKA Aimdog Hamslice, is October's Programmer of the Month. Aimee created Country Fried and Irish Boyfriend. She is currently interning at WAM (Women’s Audio Mission). WAM is the only non-profit recording studio in the world that was built and run by women. Less than 5% of people working in the audio industry are women, and WAM’s goal is to “change the face of sound.”
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…
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!
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…
