Jazz Charts and Adds: Last Week of June
As it is apparently, all goods things must come to an end. Lucky for us at KZSC, things are just starting to heat up for the jazz and blues department thanks to some great adds and tunes. Most notable, the…
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet – Cajun Music & Dance, Sun June 29th
The multiple Grammy Award winning Cajun band BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet will be playing for a dance at Don Quixote's International Music Hall in Felton, CA at 7pm on Sunday, June 29, 2014. Native Acadian fiddler Michael Doucet has spearheaded…
Rock Charts – Last Week of June!
Top 10: 1. PARQUET COURTS - Sunbathing Animal 2. ORWELLS - Disgraceland 3. FUCKED UP - Glass Boy 4. THEE OH SEES - Drop 5. WOODS - With Light And With Love 6. CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH - Only…
Summer Program Guide
We're happy to introduce the toothsome--and toothy--cover star of the KZSC 2014 Summer Program Guide. Jaws is jammin'! Look for your own copy at local businesses that support community radio (contact our station manager if that describes you). You can…
RPM Charts – End of June
Top 10: 1. CHROMEO - White Women / Atlantic 2. DEADMAU5 - While(1<2) / mau5trap-Astralwerks 3. LONE - Reality Testing / R&S 4. CONRAD CLIFTON - Picture In Picture / Self-Released 5. TENSNAKE - Glow / Astralwerks 6. VARIOUS ARTISTS -…
Jazz Adds & Charts: Third Week of June
Sweat out that warm summer Santa Cruz heat with some cool jazz at the Great 88. I'm excited to have some greats come into the station from Grammy award winning vocalist Gregory Porter to rock icon Ginger Baker. I anticipate…
Rock Charts – 2nd Week of June
This week Parquet Courts moved to #1 on the KZSC charts and #2 on CMJ's national charts and we added a new record by the Antlers and a great EP by the Front Bottoms. Top 10: 1. PARQUET COURTS -…
Fonzie Interviews Jarren Benton
Fonzie caught up with Jarren Benton of the Funk Volume label on June 1 before his show at the Catalyst. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z7koTWmzlI&feature=youtu.be Watch Fonzie's other interviews on the blog and stay tuned for more coming up!
San Francisco Free Folk Festival, June 21-22
Coming up this weekend is the 38th Annual San Francisco Free Folk Festival, Sat-Sun June 21-22, 2014, with continuous concerts, workshops, dancing, and acoustic jamming from noon-10pm each day at Presidio Middle School in San Francisco. While donations will be accepted, this…
Tech N9ne’s Independent Grind Tour 2014 Concert Review
Tech N9ne and his Strange Music camp are work-horses. They tour for two-thirds of the year, and still manage to find time to release many quality albums. Strange Music put out 13 projects in 2013 alone. Tech N9ne made…
Jazz Charts and Adds: Second week of June
All is swell at Great 88 here in the Jazz/Blues department. Your new Jazz/Blues Director to happy to report her first official adds and top played tracks from the Great 88's Jazz/Blues Department. I know many here are particularly excited…
RPM Charts – 2nd Week in June
Top 10: 1. CHROMEO - White Women / Atlantic 2. VARIOUS ARTISTS - Hyperdub 10.1 / Hyperdub 3. BADBADNOTGOOD - III / Innovative Leisure 4. TOURIST - Patterns / Monday 5. HETEROTIC - Weird Drift / Planet Mu 6. PARKINSON WHITE…
Fonzie Interviews Freddie Gibbs!
Fonzie got a chance to ask Freddie Gibbs a few questions before his show on Sunday, June 1st at the Catalyst on Tech N9ne's Independent Grind 2014 Tour! Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8RJTSQqoNU Stay tuned for more interviews with Fonzie coming…
Rock Charts – 1st Week of June
Happy June, everyone! This week we kept on playing Thee Oh Sees and gave the new Parquet Courts album a top add. Top 10: 1. THEE OH SEES - Drop 2. DYLAN SHEARER - Garagearray 3. WOODS - With Light…
Record Review: Glass Boys
Listen with caution! One listen through of this album may leave you couch-locked as a result of your mind being fully blown. Fucked Up’s latest Matador release, Glass Boys, is nothing short of a juggernaut of an album. The band’s…
Here There & Everywhere
We say farewell this month to KZSC's longest-serving (suffering?) Broadcast Advisor and host of our Thursday morning Beatles show, Michael Bryant. Michael started at The Great 88 in 2001 and helped move us into the Millennium with technical changes such as bumping the signal…
R.E.M. – Unplugged 1991/2001: The Complete Sessions Review
On R.E.M.'s new live release showcasing their 1991 and 2001 MTV Unplugged sessions, there are almost two different bands displaying a similar sound. In the first CD that contains the 1991 MTV Unplugged session, there is a young, emotional band…
KZSC Loud Rock CMJ Charts 6/3
Hey, metal listeners! These are the top metal picks for the week. ADDS 1 TRAP THEM Blissfucker Prosthetic 2 BURY TOMORROW Runes Nuclear Blast 3 BROTHER FIRETRIBE Diamond in the Fire Pit Spinefarm 4 VOYAGER Voyager IAV/Nightmare 5 HEAVY GLOW…
Perfect Pussy – Album Review
Perfect Pussy's full-length first album, Say Yes to Love is a fantastic showcase of the unique, unclassifiable sound that the band has to offer. After the band's debut EP last year, several people got excited about the band's future. And…
Bean Creek plus The Abbott Brothers, Sun June 1st
Two local Santa Cruz bluegrass bands, Bean Creek and The Abbott Brothers headline the official after-party of the Redwood Mountain Faire on Sunday, June 1, 2014 at 7pm at Don Quixote's in Felton, CA. This year, Bean Creek was named "Best…
Newest World Releases
Time for fresh World Music on your multicultural plate! Still lovin' that twisty new bossa nova from Thievery Corporation and desert rock from Tinariwen. Add La Misa Negra to the list! An old school style Cumbria group from Oakland with…