Makana Nov. 5th
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…
Early November RPM Charts
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…
Wake the Dead, Sat Nov 2nd
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,…
Halloween Electronic Music Charts
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…
Rock Charts – Mid October
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…
Rock Charts – Early October
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…
Make A Donation, Get Some Lips!
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…
Mid-October New RPM Sounds
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…
The ‘Adrian Peterson Effect’ & Basketball
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…
SCARED SENIOR!
That's right lovely listeners, you wouldn't believe it but many UCSC students and KZSC DJs have begun their last year as undergraduate banana slugs. Commonly, I like to write a blog about a new fun event or cool artist that…
Loud Rock Charts: First Charts for LOUDROCKTOBER
If you missed our #1 Loud Rock band, The Safety Fire, this past Monday, you are doing yourself a disservice. They are one of the best upcoming progressive metal bands currently out there, and they have a freaking british accent…
Rock Charts – First Week Of October
Top 10: 1. TERRY MALTS - Nobody Realizes This Is Nowhere 2. JOANNA GRUESOME - Weird Sister 3. JACUZZI BOYS - Jacuzzi Boys 4. COKE WEED - Back To Soft 5. DODOS - Carrier 6. DR. DOG - B-Room 7…
New Electronic/RPM
Students are back at UCSC. You'll hear electronic music blasting from dorm to dorm, but here's what's Top 10 on KZSC: JACKSON AND HIS COMPUTER BAND/Glow (Warp) MODERAT/II (Mute) CANBLASTER/Infinite [EP](Marble) JESSY LANZA/Pull My Hair Back (Hyperdub) SINJIN HAWKE/The Lights…
College Radio Day Today!
Happy College Radio Day! Today KZSC will band together with over 500 College Radio stations around the world to celebrate the low end of the FM band. Beginning last year College Radio Day has been celebrating and bringing awareness to…
Bua, Tues Oct 1st
Bua, a band from Chicago playing Irish traditional music, will be appearing at Don Quixote's in Felton, CA on Tues, Oct 1, 2013 at 7:30pm. Presented by the Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay, Bua consists of four musicians playing…
Rock Charts – Last Week of September
Top 10: 1. DODOS - Carrier 2. JOANNA GRUESOME - Weird Sister 3. JACUZZI BOYS - Jacuzzi Boys 4. TERRY MALTS - Nobody Realizes This Is Nowhere 5. DENT MAY - Warm Blanket 6. CRYSTAL STILTS - Nature Noir 7…
Depeche Mode’s new CD “DELTA MACHINE”
Depeche Mode's new CD "DELTA MACHINE" has the group back with the electro-grundge sound that harkens back to their mid '90s material. The group now features a full-time drummer and Martin seems to play guitars most of the time. 'Welcome…
Loud Rock Charts Late September
This week in Loud Rock: prog metal giants Dream Theater released their highly anticipated self-titled album. Other prog metal bands making waves include Safety Fire (currently on tour with Between the Buried and Me) and Twelve Foot Ninja who will…
Mànran, Wed Sep 25th
From Scotland, Mànran will be performing at Don Quixote's in Felton, CA on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 7:30pm. Mànran is a six-member high-energy band playing a mix of Scottish traditional and contemporary music, singing in both Gaelic and English…
Rock Charts – Third Week of September
Top 10: 1. JOANNA GRUESOME - Weird Sister 2. NO AGE - An Object 3. TY SEGALL - Sleeper 4. DODOS - Carrier 5. MALLARD - Finding Meaning In Deference 6. KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES - Idle No More…