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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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'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…
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…
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…
Top 10: 1. TEEBS - Estara / Brainfeeder 2. CHROME SPARKS - Goddess / Future Classic 3. HETEROTIC - Weird Drift / Planet Mu 4. CONRAD CLIFTON - Picture In Picture / Self-Released 5. TENSNAKE - Glow / Astralwerks 6…
Doe Eye is the project of Maryam Qudus, a San Francisco based multi-instrumentalist. She just recently put out her debut album T E L E V I S I O N which was produced by John Vanderslice. It's got a…
It may have been a three day weekend but the charts never stop! This week we played Thee Oh Sees endlessly and Perfect Pussy had a huge bump in air-play. I think it's cause our DJ's are all really excited…
The California Roots Music & Arts Festival began as a small grassroots event in Monterey. It's now one of the largest and more unique festivals in the country. Combining elements of art, music and environmental consciousness, The California Roots Music…
America takes a 3-day holiday. If you're planning on spending some time listening to new electronic dance/RPM music, we recommend the following. For maximum results, try two a day: TEEBS - Estar / Brainfeeder CHROME SPARKS - Goddess / Future…
Spring is the season for shaking it. If you're looking for fantastic world music to get everybody's on the dance floor, may we suggest internationally acclaimed electro-acoustic artist Stellamara? In collaboration with Colleena Shakti, Stellamara will showcase Odissi, Indian classical and contemporary dance, along…
Heading into a 3-day weekend and the official start of tourist season in Santa Cruz, here's what's hot in new rock on KZSC: 1. EX-CULT - Midnight Passenger 2. BADI ASSAD - Between Love And Luck 3. CAETANO VELOSO -…
CHARTS 1 TRIOLOGY Triology Cellar Live 2 AMY CERVINI Jazz Country Anzic 3 ARTURO O'FARRILL The Offense Of The Drum Motema 4 CATHERINE RUSSELL Bring It Back Jazz Village 5 RICHIE KAYE'S MUSIC AND MIRTH The Last Whoop Dee Doo…
Omar Sosa and his group have released a new CD entitled Eggun- a tribute to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. Melodies are constructed by taking bits and pieces of Miles' various solos throughout the album and, in the process, a…
On the way to Memorial Day weekend, our world music "repeat plays" go to electronic group Thievery Corporation with their fantastic twist on classic bossa nova, Tuareg musicians Tinariwen's newest album and the latest psychedelic tropicália from Caetano Veloso. Here's the…
