What's happenin' in jazz? Here it is: Top New Jazz Releases: 1 BEATA PATER Golden Lady Self-Released 2 ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT Black Radio 2 Blue Note 3 BILL MAYS AND THE INVENTIONS TRIO Life's A Movie Chiaroscuro 4 DAVID SILLS …
Top 10: 1 MACHINEDRUM Vapor City Ninja Tune 2 RANGE Nonfiction Donky Pitch 3 BOOKA SHADE Eve Embassy Of Music 4 MOUNT KIMBIE CSFLY Remixes [EP] Warp 5 DECO Timescales Deceast 6 SPECIAL REQUEST Soul Music Houndstooth 7 SHIGETO No…
The last stop of the 2nd Annual California Banjo Extravaganza tour will be at Don Quixote's in Felton, CA for a 2pm matinee show on Sunday, November 17, 2013, led by Tony Trischka, Sammy Shelor, and Bill Evans, who are well…
This month's Programmer of the Month is the mighty Amanda Timoney (otherwise known as DJ Amanda Rose) of the beloved Power through Procrastination show. Ever since the show's debut in January of 2013, Amanda has developed a cult following by featuring soundtracks from…
The electronic music producer Pretty Lights will be performing back to back shows November 29 and November 30 at The Bill Graham Auditorium in San Francisco. Each night has a stacked line up of top artists. On Friday November 29, Tycho, The Grouch…
This talented 11th generation Sufi singer followed custom and tradition; he was trained at a young age by his father. After working with many different musicians while touring around the world, Ali Khan has skillfully blended Western influences into his traditional…
New month, new Hip-Hop Charts, but it starts with something entitled "Old." 1. DANNY BROWN - Old (Fool's Gold) 2. RJD2 - More Is Than Isn't (RJ's Electrical Connections) 3. DJ RASHAD - Double Cup (Hyperdub) 4. GAS-LAB AND…
The Creole Belles from the SF Bay Area will be playing traditional Cajun and Creole music for a matinee dance at Don Quixote's in Felton, CA starting at 2pm on Sunday, November 10, 2013. A five-piece version of the band…
Santa Cruz born song writer and singer, Penny Framstad, left the beautiful half moon-bay twelve years ago to seek a music career in Los Angeles. By a stroke of luck, she found herself immersed in the soundtrack industry for film…
Thanksgiving may mean turkeys to many people, but here are some new Rock releases for early November that are anything but: 1. NIGHT BEATS - Sonic Bloom 2. AUDACITY - Butter Knife 3. VARIOUS ARTISTS - Red Hot And Fela…
Boredom. It's all around us -- in our classrooms, at the park, in our bedrooms, choking up our thoughts and actions like static on the TV screen. Disaffected youth toss cigarette butts into the streets in front of the local…
Raise your Satan Horns, because IT'S TIME TO ROCK! There is a Thanksgiving bounty of ridiculously good shows lined up in November, including one in Santa Cruz! Thee Parkside in San Francisco on November 7th: Doors @ 9:00pm - Scale the…
You may have heard his music on the soundtrack to the TV series "Hawaii 5-0", the movie "The Descendants" or from one of his many albums already, but now you'll get the opportunity to hear him live. Santa Cruz is…
Thanksgiving is approaching...spare any of these new RPM/Electronic Music releases from your "turkey list". You'll hear them live late nights on KZSC. 1 FOUR TET Beautiful Rewind 2 MACHINEDRUM Vapor City Ninja Tune 3 DECO Timescales Deceast 4 DISCLOSURE Settle…
The Wake the Dead band who are mostly from the SF Bay Area, blends traditional Celtic music played on acoustic instruments with the songs of the Grateful Dead. They'll be performing at Don Quixote's International Music Hall in Felton, CA on Saturday, November 2,…
Santa Cruz has a couple of big RPM/Electronic music shows happening on Halloween. If you want to get the feeling on your own sound system, here's a list of Halloween end of October picks from KZSC. Our current Top 10…
Top 10: 1. FUZZ - Fuzz 2. JACUZZI BOYS - Jacuzzi Boys 3. JESSY LANZA - Pull My Hair Back 4. COSMONAUTS - Persona Non Grata 5. AU REVOIR SIMONE - Move In Spectrums 6. NIGHT BEATS - Sonic Bloom…
Top 10: 1. MAZZY STAR- Seasons Of Your Day 2. TERRY MALTS - Nobody Realizes This Is Nowhere 3. FRESH AND ONLYS - Soothsayer 4. DIRTBOMBS - Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-blooey! 5. BLOUSE - Imperium 6. KELLEY STOLTZ - Double…
You've already got your costume figured out, but what about where to spend your Halloween night? KZSC has your treat because we have tickets to The Flaming Lips show Halloween night, October 31st at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San…
Just before the Halloween parties begin, here's a list of 5 new and spinning releases on KZSC electronic music/RPM shows: SOUNDS FROM THE GROUND / Tribes (Upstream) ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER / R Plus Seven (Warp) MOBY / Innocents (Mute) VITALIC…
Hey sports fans, I want to talk about the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury. What used to be one of the most dreaded injuries that could befall a professional sports player has in recent years been viewed as considerably less…