KZSC on the Phone With Tropa Magica
KZSC's Lady Deed interviews psychedelic-cumbia-punk band Tropa Magica about their new album and ongoing tour for Para Bailar y Tripiar, what they like about Santa Cruz, and more ♫
Interview with Yolanda King (2003)
Edited and Transcribed by News/Talk Director Tamara Caselin Avila : Interview by John Malkin on Transformation Highway Image of Yolanda King from Wikimedia Commons Originally recorded in 2003 Transcript John Malkin: My name is John Malkin, and this is Transformation…
Beat Banter: Erik Ratensperger
Photo Credit: Jonathan Velazquez Erik Ratensperger has lived two lives as a drummer. In Jeromes Dream, he played unhinged hardcore, surrounded by a ring of raging punks who didn’t give a shit about anything but the energy, the catharsis…
KZSC X Greer Interview: Live from the Catalyst
KZSC X Greer Interview: Live from the Catalyst Interview by DJ Buddha Hannah, DJ Shove It, and DJ Ligma November 5, 2021 KZSC’s own DJ Buddha Hannah, DJ Shove It, and DJ Ligma had the distinct and rockin’ pleasure…
A WORLD WITHOUT POLICE: An Interview with Geo Maher
Art by Hannah Rouland, @hannah.tor.art “This is what the police try to do every day. They naturalize their existence. They did not always exist. And yet we act as if this is an eternal force. We…
Interview with The Devil Makes Three’s Pete Bernhard
DJ Mixyolydian Listen below to an interview with bluegrass guitarist Pete Bernhard of The Devil Makes Three. The bluegrass trio formed in Santa Cruz in the early 2000's and will be coming back to the Catalyst for a homecoming show…
Presto: An interview with Pigeons Playing Ping Pong’s Greg Ormont
On Thursday, February 6, DJ Mixolydian got a chance to talk with singer/rhythm guitarist Greg Ormont, one of the four members of Maryland-based funk band Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. PPPP has recently embarked on their winter tour of the west…
Brondo Bass Jungle Interview by Joshua Vargas aka DJ iEHOA 10/18/19
Check out this interview with Brondo by Joshua Vargas aka DJ iEHOA where they discuss where his first solo album Bass Jungle and his recent success in the bass music scene. Follow Joshua Vargas DJ iEHOA mixes
small talk: w/ adib sin (ep. 1)
Written by: Dustin Lennin Choto I recently got to sit down with electronic dream-pop artist Adib Sin. We talk about his time working at a ramen shop, Miyazaki films, and our love for music featured in the Sonic the Hedgehog…
Band Interviews: Exmag Interview with DJ Fizzi Pop (2.11.2018)
Interview by: Sarah Woolley Over pesto pizza and motown soul playing in the background, I got to sit down with Brooklyn-based electro-funk trio Exmag at our very own Pizza my Heart. DJ Fizzi Pop Interviews Exmag! Over pesto pizza,…
KZSC Interview: Grieves at the Catalyst
On November 10th 2017, KZSC Volunteer Forrest Murphy met up with Seattle rapper and producer Grieves for a pre show interview at the Catalyst in downtown Santa Cruz. It took us a minute to get up on the blog but…
KZSC Exclusive: Mild High Club’s Alex Brettin talks microphones, Chicago jazz, and NPR
Robin Estrin and Syd the Kid interview Mild High Club's Alex Brettin at Don Quixote's International Hall of Music. Read on to see how a review of the show dovetailed into an area woman's existential crisis, and be sure to tune in…
Jean-Luc Ponty Interview w/ Test of Time’s DJ Carol!
Carol of the Test of Time speaks with legendary violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. A virtuoso violinist, Ponty was the first musician to treat the violin like a guitar, applying the use of distortion boxes, phase shifters and the wah-wah pedal to…