By Julia Tesfay Back in action, the Homesick Festival, an embodiment of the punk and indie music hosts a show on February 2nd and 3rd at the Regency Ballroom. The festival was started in 2018 by Anthony Anzaldo from punk…
As part of their tour, Dying Wish made a stop here in Santa Cruz to perform at the Vets Hall with bands Omerta, Gates to Hell, Excide, and Forced To Suffer on October 20th 2023! The opening band was Forced…
“I think if you listen to the music we play, and especially when you come to our shows, you can tell what we are really about.” Written by Maya Christensen Sluttony is a four piece punk band formed by third-year…
Drum machines have no soul, and neither does Jordan Sobolew Article and Interview by Ben Goldstein Why is Jordan Sobolew, easily one of the most inventive and idiosyncratic drummers of the era, not first to spring to mind when people…
Story and Interview by Ben Goldstein I happened upon Hong Kong Fuck You when they shared a bill with Machine Girl Christmas 2019. And thank fuck I did then because their three releases the following year pretty much got…
Story and Interview by DJ Pierce A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to interview two members of the band, Aethyriem, a local alt-metal band based in Scotts Valley, California. During the interview, I spoke with Zélee Sharnée, an 20-year-old…
Two Sundays ago, on the 23rd of last month, I had the opportunity to interview Wrekmeister Harmonies at The Crepe Place before their set that night. Wrekmeister Harmonies is JR Robinson and Esther Shaw, an experimental project that mixes elements…
The quarter is coming to a close, and the air continues to drop in temperature... End-of-year lists are being prepared, and folks are turning in for the holidays... But that doesn't mean the month of December can't be host to…
So much beautiful metal is released this time of year...must be the weather, I suppose! Here's some of my top picks for the brutal-est and grooviest metal out now. Urfaust - Empty Space Meditation (Black Metal) Ulcerate - Shrines of Paralysis (Death Metal)…
The spookiest season of the year is here! Perfect time for some charts of the best Loud Rock albums that have come out recently or are coming out soon! Blow out your eardrums and headbang along to these tasty new jams... Neurosis -…
Top Ten: BARONESS -- Purple HATCHET -- Fear Beyond Lunacy LEFTOVER CRACK -- Constructs Of The State ZULUS -- II GRAVE BABIES -- Holographic Violence MADAME MAYHEM -- Now You Know SHINING -- International Blackjazz Society DRACONIAN -- Sovran USELESS…
It's December! AAAAAAAAAHGGGHGHGHRG DECEMBER! FINALS! WHY ARE YOU READING THIS?! GO STUDY FOR YOUR FINALS!!! GGRRAAAGAAGARHRGHARGHH!!!!!!!!! MEDICINE MOON - Medicine Moon EP KILLING JOKE - Pylon TYONDAI BRAXTON - Hive1 IAMX - Metanoia ZULUS - II ATOM AGE - Hot…
Hopefully all you punks, metalheads, and rockers had a pleasant Thanksgiving. Or had a pleasant time explaining why Thanksgiving is rooted in genocide and jingoism. Or, perhaps best yet, simply had an opportunity over the past week to spend some…
Top Ten: 1 LEFTOVER CRACK Constructs of the State 2 KILLING JOKE Pylon 3 CHELSEA WOLFE Abyss 4 GRAVE BABIES Holographic Violence 5 ATOM AGE Hot Shame 6 TIMMY'S ORGANISM Heartless Heathen 7 GREYS Repulsion 8 USELESS EATERS Live In…
Top Ten: 1 SHINING - International Blackjazz Society 2 SPORTS - All Of Something 3 BATTLES - La Di Da Di 4 TYONDAI BRAXTON - Hive1 5 ATOM AGE - Hot Shames 6 ZULUS - II 7 FUZZ - II 8…
Top Ten: PENTAGRAM - Curious Volume HEATERS - Holy Water Pool UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS - The Night Creeper THOR - Metal Avenger DEAFHEAVEN - New Bermuda SHOPPING - Why Choose BERZERKS - Run You Over BATTLES - La…
Hopefully you all had a very scary Halloween! Even if you're too old to go trick-or-treating, you can still tune into KZSC for some sweet treats in the form of all the kick-ass new tracks our DJs are spinning! Top Ten:…
Top Ten: BATTLES - La Di Da Di GIRL BAND - Holding Hands With Jamie CHELSEA WOLFE - Abyss THE SWORD - High Country PUBLICIST UK - Forgive Yourself PROTOMARTYR - The Agent Intellect HEATERS - Holy Water Pool IAMX - Metanoia BERZERKS - Run You Over HEMLOCK - Mouth Of The Swine Top Adds:…
Top Ten: THE BEZERKS - Run You Over DELETIST - 3rd Class Cover Songs REATARDS - Grown Up, Fucked Up SHARKMUFFIN - Chartreuse DEAF WISH - Pain DISTURBED - Immortalized IRON MAIDEN - The Book of Souls KÄRBHOLZ - Karma PRONG - Songs From the Black Hole REANIMATOR…
It's October! The leaves are changing, and so is KZSCs schedule, as we switch to the Fall Season. But don't worry! We'll still be playing all the best spooky, scary, bone-chilling loud rock tracks! Check it out: Top Ten: DELETIST…
Top Ten: 1 MERCY BROWN Mercy Brown 2 WORRIERS Imaginary Life Don Giovanni 3 SHARKMUFFIN Chartreuse 4 KARBHOLZ Karma Metalville 5 PRONG Songs From The Black Hole eOne 6 HUNTRESS Static Napalm 7 THE BERZERKS Run You Over 8 SYMPHONY-X…