It’s not every day that international DJs come through the Bay Area. Reason enough for KZSC’s RPM & Promo departments to get excited about "Beyond Wonderland" next weekend. The weekend festival September 28th & 29th will highlight the best from…
UCSC Students: The Boardwalk Frolic is exclusive event for you. Come meet other students and join KZSC DJs on Monday, September 23 as we provide the soundtrack for the first bash of the new school year. Transportation from campus is…
Over their long strange strip the Grateful Dead frequented Berkeley's Greek Theatre. Even past the band's tenure original members have made their way back to the charming ampitheatre often. Phil Lesh and Bob Weir continue this tradition on September 27-29…
2013 turned out to be a very good summer for Hip-hop. As we start the school year, here are KZSC's top Hip Hop new releases in September: 1 FLATBUSH ZOMBIES - Better Off Dead (Electric KoolAde Records) 2 UNDERACHIEVERS -…
KZSC prides itself on being a community based radio station, and boy are we excited to welcome in our new members of the Santa Cruz community! That's right, a fresh batch of UCSC Banana Slugs will be moving onto campus…
Top 10: 1 JACKSON AND HIS COMPUTER BAND Glow Warp 2 ATROPOLIS Transitions Cumba Mela 3 GOLD PANDA Half Of Where You Live Ghostly 4 DISCLOSURE Settle Cherrytree-Interscope 5 MODERAT II Mute 6 LORN Debris [EP] Ninja Tune 7 BLUE…
I hope you had a good long labor day weekend! Unless you're like some of us who face the irony of working on labor day, the long weekend is an indicator that summer is on it's way out. As the…
What's being played: 1 MODERAT II Mute 2 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS Legend Remixed Tuff Gong-UME-Island 3 TECLA We Are The Lucky Ones Mayimba 4 PINK GIN Blame Me [EP] ClubMod 5 MINDELIXIR Lunology Outside 6 PRETTY LIGHTS Color…
Top 10: 1. TY SEGALL - Sleeper 2. NO AGE - An Object 3. JACUZZI BOYS - Jacuzzi Boys 4. KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES - Idle No More 5. COKE WEED - Back To Soft 6. THE MALLARD -…
In the fall of 1989, Unfiltered Camels was born on the airwaves of The Great 88. The Middle Eastern and North African music show was run by a few DJs when towards the end of 1998, it was announced that it would…
This week in new metal features the stripped down version of Katatonia's release from last year Dead End Kings. It's more acoustic and mellow than their past releases, which is saying something since they're usually pretty chillaxed. Other releases…
Post metal outfit Rosetta have recently undergone a thorough face-lift. Their “modernized” band logo is entirely unreadable. Their new album cover is a striking aberration from the ensemble's previous artworks. They've become their own band, removing themselves from their previous…
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are a seven-piece psychedelic rock group from Victoria, Australia, whose previous albums (including 2012's garagey/surfy psych rock jam sesh 12 Bar Bruise and this year's Morricone-and-Jodorowsky-telling-stories-by-the-campfire mini-opus Eyes Like the Sky) rocked harder than…
The last week of August's new world, yo! Chico Trujillo and Gogol Bordello getting the top spots, Femi Kuti still a fav! 1 CHICO TRUJILLO Gran Pecador Barbes 2 GOGOL BORDELLO Pura Vida Conspiracy ATO 3 FEMI KUTI No Place…
Jesse Goodman with Peter Hale, (((folkYEAH!))), and the Henry Miller Library present an evening with Father John Misty and poets Anne Waldman, Ambrose Bye, and Sara Goodman at the Henry Miller Memorial Library's 10th Benefit Concert on Thursday, September 19th at…
Once again, we see Moderat at the top of the charts, with Disclosure and Zomby still popular! That Jon Hopkins single featuring vocals from Purity Ring is also climbing the charts. 1 MODERAT II Mute 2 FOREST SWORDS Engravings Tri…
Top 10: 1. NO AGE - An Object 2. TY SEGALL - Sleeper 3. COKE WEED - Back To Soft 4. MALLARD - Finding Meaning In Deference 5. JACUZZI BOYS - Jacuzzi Boys 6. HUNX AND HIS PUNX - Street…
September 6th I had the great pleasure to attend the War and Peace Tour at the Catalyst here in Santa Cruz, Ca. The tour had all-star underground headliners Immortal Technique and Brother Ali speaking their mind about the injustice and…
A Conversation with B. Ruby Rich on New Queer Cinema: Two decades ago, B. Ruby Rich coined the term "New Queer Cinema" in a Sight & Sound essay to describe the movement of emerging independent queer films at film festivals…
Our jazz department at The Great 88 has received some great new music, especially the latest release from Derrick Hodge. Here's what's happening in early September: DERRICK HODGE Live Today (Blue Note) APERTURISTIC TRIO Truth And Actuality (Inner Circle) CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE TRIO…
Top 10: 1. COOL GHOULS - Cool Ghouls 2. TY SEGALL - Sleeper 3. NO AGE - An Object 4. THE MALLARD - Finding Meaning In Deference 5. COKE WEED - Back To Soft 6. HUNX AND HIS PUNX -…