Not Fade Away
My two-year stint as KZSC's music librarian is coming to an end this month. It has been a fascinating plunge into music of all kinds. I am happy to say that Chris Jong is returning as librarian for the station…
Talkabout 06/05/13
This week on Talkabout, Sleepy John has guest Phil McCauley in the studio to talk about food safety and local food issues!
Passing the Torch
Every year for KZSC comes the bittersweet moment of our old governing board stepping down and being replaced by their mentees. Tonight is night that this transition completes. Know that regardless of this transition KZSC is and will always be committed to community radio…
Passing the Torch
Every year for KZSC comes the bittersweet moment of our old governing board stepping down and being replaced by their mentees. Tonight is night that this transition completes. Know that regardless of this transition KZSC is and will always be committed to community radio…
Universal Grapevine 06/04/13
This week on Universal Grapevine, Bruce welcomes April Bennett on the show to discuss the Santa Cruz Sidereal Theater Company and whats new in live local theater. In the second half hour is guest Gary Patton to talk to listeners…
Kat Parra June 9th
Bay Area vocalist Kat Parra helps preserve a rare cultural treasure of the Sephardic diaspora, the Ladino language. An antiquated form of Castilian that includes Arabic, Hebrew and Turkish, Ladino is spoken in very few places today - mainly by older generations…
Loud Rock Charts: 6/4
Break out the bongs. Psych/Stoner Metal band Thinning The Herd is leading this week's adds for Loud Rock with the album Freedom From The Known St. Marks. Fans of old Black Sabbath, Annihilation Time, and Purple Mercy should be adequately…
La Conquête du Monde
Have you ever played the board game 'Risk'? It's actually pretty fun. This game, invented by French film director Albert Lamorisse, was originally released as La Conquête du Monde in 1957, and it is one of the longest board game you will ever play. Monopoly…
Story Time, 6/2/13
On this week of Story Time, Jesy Odio and Kendra Yoshinaga sat down with 5 members of the Kinetic Poetics Project: Jacqueline, Tariq, Emma, Nicki (Starfish), and Chris (El Siete). This time, Story Time dedicated an entire hour to KPP…
Deerhunter – Monomania
Deerhunter / Monomania / Out via 4AD on May 7th, 2013 Like any well-oiled pop machine, Atlanta’s avant-garage outfit Deerhunter knows when to slowly gas the psych propellers into an ambient blissout, and bust out pedal-to-the-metal spurts of pure punk rock…
Ledward Kaapana June 4th
Attention "Led Heads"! Ledward Kaapana returns to the redwoods with Hawaiian slack key goodness and aloha spirit. Rounding out the sound will be Mike Kaawa on 12 string guitar and Fran Guidry on second slack key. Ledward Kaapana rolls into Don…
Big Basin Summer Fun
During the summer Big Basin State Park will host weekend Redwood Loop Walks, fun and informative guided half-mile strolls through an old-growth redwood forest. Meet the famous Mother Tree, The Father of the Forest and the Chimney Tree on this one-hour walk.…
Greg Puciato from The Dillinger Escape Plan Talks Crazy Shows & Crazier Poop!
Yes, you read that headline correctly. As the vocalist for (in)famous extreme metal band The Dillinger Escape Plan, Greg Puciato has seen some shit. Literally. In this exclusive interview, Greg mentions a hilariously disgusting event that will go down in UK history.…
Loud Rock Charts: 5/28
How rad are three-day weekends? Instead of putting off work until Sunday, everyone gets an extra day to regret not doing a single productive thing. Now that you're well rested, you can check out this week's new music! Remember The…
Story Time, 4/26/13
On this week's episode of Story Time, host Kendra Yoshinaga sits down with a few more members of the Kinetic Poetics Project as well as local poet and writer, Kevin Devaney.
The Clams Have Come Back!
One of KZSC's favorite Oakland four piece bands, Shannon & The Clams, have just released Dreams in the Rat House. We haven't heard anything from them since the Gremlin Crawl 7" so this is a HUGE DEAL. Best of all:…
Ceremony June 7th
Ceremony is a hardcore punk band from Rohnert Park. They have been recording with Madator Records for a few years now and their latest release, "Zoo," came out last year. Ceremony is set to play the Catalyst in downtown Santa…
Sea Wolf Drops by KZSC
KZSC's Program Director Lois Rosson had a chance to sit down with Alex Brown Church of Sea Wolf to discuss their latest album, Old World Romance. Sea Wolf played at Moe's Alley on May 21st, the 3rd stop on a…
Loud Rock Charts: 5/21
After getting beaten and bruised at the Dillinger Escape Plan show, it was nice to take some time off and relax to some of the new releases slated for this week. Fans of Orchid (Doom Metal band not Screamo band,…
CMJ Top 30
This week's charts at KZSC are a classic case of "tell me something I don't know." What we do know is that Thee Oh Sees are the most badass band on the planet. San Francisco's prolific garage crew has delivered…
Story Time 5/19/2013
On May 19th, the Kinetic Poetics Project bunch joined us in the air room for a good thirty minutes of slam poetry and rhymes. You can check out KPP by clicking on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KineticPoeticsProject During the second half…