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RPM Charts – Mid-February

Top 10: 1. SAM GELLAITRY - Short Stories [EP] / Soulection 2. LES SINS - Michael / Company 3. APHEX TWIN - Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments, Pt 2 [EP] / Warp 4. JAGA JAZZIST - '94-'14 / Ninja Tune 5…

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Chuck Brodsky Live on “Backroads” Sun, Feb 1st

Chuck Brodsky, folk singer-songwriter, storyteller and troubadour, will be stopping in for a live interview on KZSC's Backroads show this coming Sunday afternoon (2/1/15), prior to his Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard Barrel Room concert at 7pm that evening. Chuck has traveled the world,…

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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…

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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 /…

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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…

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Fresh Faces at KZSC

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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.
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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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.

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