Rock Charts – End of October!
We are in the midst of our FALL PLEDGE DRIVE, which means you could donate and receive a killer new album as a gift! And it could even be one that we've been spinnin' heavily at The Great 88! Check…
Loud Rock Carts – Fourth Week of October
Top Ten UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS - The Night Creeper GIRL BAND - Holding Hands With Jamie HEATERS - Holy Water Pool DEAFHEAVEN - New Bermuda SHOPPING - Why Choose PRONG - Songs From The Black Hole PROTOMARTYR -…
Ari Solus Releases New Single ‘KZSC’
The mysterious and talented Ari Solus shows his appreciation for KZSC's support on his latest release with a song dedicated to the station. Ari has been making rounds this year on his Somewhere to Hide label. His song klonopin was featured as one of Fonzie's Don't Sleep On 'Em Recommendations earlier this year.
Greetings from Festivals Acadiens et Creoles
We were so happy to get this great postcard, direct from The Festivals Acadiens et Creoles in Lafayette, Louisiana! It says: "Get on board and git a good education.... The Lagniappe crew needs a field trip!" Thanks, Randy D! We're packing our pirogue for the next fest!
Loud Rock Charts – Third Week of October
Top Ten: BATTLES - La Di Da Di GIRL BAND - Holding Hands With Jamie CHELSEA WOLFE - Abyss THE SWORD - High Country PUBLICIST UK - Forgive Yourself PROTOMARTYR - The Agent Intellect HEATERS - Holy Water Pool IAMX - Metanoia BERZERKS - Run You Over HEMLOCK - Mouth Of The Swine Top Adds:…
Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku
Join the usual Wiki Wiki Wednesday Wonderland as we welcome author David Davis, promoting his new book about one of Wiki Wiki's favorite subjects; the globetrotting, record making and breaking Duke Kahanamoku. Duke Kahanamoku defined the idea of "Waterman" ~…
Loud Rock Charts – Second Week of October
Top Ten: THE BEZERKS - Run You Over DELETIST - 3rd Class Cover Songs REATARDS - Grown Up, Fucked Up SHARKMUFFIN - Chartreuse DEAF WISH - Pain DISTURBED - Immortalized IRON MAIDEN - The Book of Souls KÄRBHOLZ - Karma PRONG - Songs From the Black Hole REANIMATOR…
A Drag Show, The First Openly Gay Country Star & More: The Diversity Center’s 26th Anniversary Gala!
There comes a time when The Diversity Center has an event that we all wish we knew about, so I'm letting it all come out! You guessed it! I'll be revealing all the alluring details about The Diversity Center's Gala, happening…
Loud Rock Charts – First Week of October
It's October! The leaves are changing, and so is KZSCs schedule, as we switch to the Fall Season. But don't worry! We'll still be playing all the best spooky, scary, bone-chilling loud rock tracks! Check it out: Top Ten: DELETIST…
Bon Voyage, Dylan Music
KZSC is losing one of its very best DJs, just as we head into our fall schedule. Dylan Music (AKA DJ Oy-Dog) of Muzikal Jewz has to end his seven-year run with The Great 88. The good news is that he has a job in radio. The bad news is the commute back to our side of the Monterey Bay is just too long.
Loud Rock Charts — Last Week of September
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…
Sept 30: Debashish Bhattacharya live on KZSC
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.
New World Charts- start of September
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…
Loud Rock Charts — Third Week of August
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…
Dry Diggings Festival Ticket Giveaway!
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…
Rock Charts – Mid September
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,…
Loud Rock Charts – Second Week of September
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…
Sept 16: Joe Louis Walker at Moe’s Alley
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.
September 2nd, 1838, Birthday of Lili’uokalani
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.
Loud Rock Charts – Last Week of August
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…
Wed Aug 26: “Play What You Feel and Play With Aloha,”
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…