Charts & Adds 3rd week of January
Hey everyone! Here are the recent adds and top ten of our jazz playlists at KZSC! The greatest radio station in the redwoods. Oh yeah. This album cover looks so fun. I could not resist. Go George. Adds: 1 CHARLES…
RPM Charts – January
Top 10: 1. BONOBO - Flashlight [EP] / Ninja Tune 2. DORIAN CONCEPT - Joined Ends / Ninja Tune 3. LES SINS - Michael / Company 4. JAGA JAZZIST - '94-'14 / Ninja Tune 5. TEKLIFE - Next Life /…
You Oughta Know: Burnt Palms
Burnt Palms is a bay-area surf punk trio hailing from the bay are and they are an artist that you oughta know. Their combination of the classic distorted guitars, fast drums, and perfect female lead vocals make for some of…
Vote KZSC!
It's time to vote for the Best of Santa Cruz awards, run by the Good Times Weekly. We've been grateful to all of our fans that named us the Best Radio Station in Santa Cruz again and again. We hope we can count on your vote in this year's poll. Be sure to spread the word!
Fresh Faces at KZSC
Congratulations to the newest staff members of KZSC! They've completed our rigorous training and their new shows are now debuting on our winter 2015 schedule. We can't wait to hear what they'll come up with, and we're sure you'll love what they do on KZSC.
UC Santa Cruz students should contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Jared, so you can join them. We offer a training class (for credit!) every quarter, and you can take it after you volunteer at the station for 20 hours.
Charts & Adds 2nd week of January
Here are the top albums for jazz so far this January! This quarter's schedule will begin this upcoming week. We will have an AFRO-BEAT show on Thursdays 4-6 and Jazz Kitty will still be with us! This new schedule will…
Cool Ghouls at the Catalyst Atrium
Wednesday January 14th San Francisco's jangly rockers the Cool Ghouls will be bringing their vintage psychedelic sounds to the Catalyst Atrium. Fresh off the release of their Sonny Smith produced sophomore album "A Swirling Fire Burning Through The Rye," the…
HYPHEDELIC Ticket Giveaway
Bay Area's Unknown Industries presents HYPHEDELIC, featuring artists such as LAKIM, Dailon, and Lewk. Unknown Industries is a community oriented production team based in Northern California who strive to showcase forward thinking WestCoast bass culture. LAKIM (VIRGINIA): Hailing from Lynchburg, Virginia,…
Party Like It’s 1965!
UCSC will be celebrating its 50th anniversary soon and KZSC will be there to provide the soundtrack. From 12 to 2 PM on Thursday, January 15th, KZSC will be spinning the tunes of 1965--live from UCSC's Quarry Plaza!
Programmer of the Month: Nada on Nada!
Many of you are probably familiar with KZSC’s talk program Artists on Art. But how much do you know about Nada, aka DJ Hope? I sat down to learn a little more about the voice behind the mic, and this month’s Programmer of the Month.
Concert review: Lil B at the Catalyst Atrium
To further put off studying for finals last friday, I attended one of Bay Area rapper Lil B ‘The BasedGod’’s #veryrare concerts at The Catalyst. Well known in the Bay for his work in rap group The Pack (who opened for him), Lil B has reached a distinguished status in the rap game through his extensive online social media presence as well as his prolific free mixtape collection available on the web. Best known for his self invented musical subgenre ‘based’ music, Lil B continues to expand and innovate within the hiphop genre with his stream of consciousness lyrics and eccentric selection of beats.
KZSC’s Muzikal Jewz presents… Hanukah Rocks!
A classic record from the early 80s by Gefilte Joe and the Fish, who were fronted by Rhino Records' real-life co-founder Richard Foos (he also co-founded Shout! Factory). The group recorded as the Yiddish People during the disco craze, when they bastardized the Village People's "Macho Man" with their novelty hit "Matzo Man."
Five O’clock Rock: by Art O’Sullivan
Host of the Golden Road, Art O’Sullivan recounts his story of being the DJ on the air during the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989.
Review of The Birthday Massacre’s “Superstition”
The sixth studio LP release of The Birthday Massacre’s "Superstition" through Metropolis Records. The Canadian synthrock band did not fail to impress with what they claim to be their best album yet.
New world charts-Beginning of December
The KZSC world department has got some great new Latin music! Plenty of cumbia with new music by Los Aguas Aguas at number one; as well as new electronic in both Latin and world jazz! Here's the top 10 new…
RPM Charts – Beginning of December
Top 10: 1. LES SINS - Michael / Company 2. ARCA - Xen / Mute 3. BAAUER - Beta / LuckyMe 4. DORIAN CONCEPT - Joined Ends / Ninja Tune 5. MACHINEDRUM - Vapor City Archives / Ninja Tune 6…
“Irish Christmas in America” guests on ShamRock, Wed Dec 3rd
Oisin Mac Diarmada, All-Ireland Fiddle Champion and one of the producers of the "Irish Christmas in America" traveling show, now in its 10th season, will be joining DJ Sophaloaf in a live interview on KZSC's "ShamRock" show this Wednesday, December 3,…
Programmer of the Month: Dylan Music
This month’s Programmer of the Month is DJ Oy-Dog, AKA Dylan Music from the long-running program “Muzikal Jewz.”
Dylan started volunteering at KZSC when he was a senior at UCSC. He started the show in order to, “make people laugh, dance, cry, and experience Jewish music and culture in all of its forms.”
Bluegrass Awards Show on Backroads, Sun Nov 23rd
Highlights from the 25th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards Show will be featured during "Backroads" on Sunday, Nov 23rd between noon and 2pm. Lee Ann Womack and Jerry Douglas host the show that features special performances by The Boxcars, Claire Lynch, The…
Planet Cruz: Local Comedy at the Rio Theatre
Coming to the Rio Theatre this Saturday is Planet Cruz, a comedy/variety show dedicated to 'keeping it weird', will feature the music of "the Goddess of Soul" Tammi Brown and Peter Cor and the Planetoid Band; Rhan Wilson, Matt Bohn, and Kevin Di…
Fonzie Interviews The Grouch
Fonzie caught up with the Grouch to talk about his upcoming show at the Catalyst, his performance in Los Angeles at Camp Flog Gnaw a few weeks ago, and his latest triple-album with Eligh, The Tortoise and The Crow. Be sure…