On Saturday October 26th at the Catalyst, Suki Waterhouse played a show that I now consider one of my favorite live performances. After the opener, Bully, who set the stage with her high energy grunge rock sound, Waterhouse emerged from…
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…
INTERVIEW with BETTINA APTHEKER by John Malkin about "Communists in Closets" (October 19, 2022) COMMUNISTS IN CLOSETS: Interview with BETTINA APTHEKER By John Malkin Communism and Socialism offered alternatives to capitalism and white supremacy for many radical American activists over multiple…
INTERVIEW WITH SANTA CRUZ'S OWN OLIVER TREE BY JOHN MALKIN 9/15/22 ONE LAST RIDE: OLIVER TREE COMES HOME WITH COWBOY TEARS By John Malkin Oliver Tree has gone from DJing at local Santa Cruz parties to performing in…
By John Malkin The Santa Cruz Mission was established in 1791 and by 1793 a pan-tribal rebellion burned down some of the structures. In 1812 a native woman named Yaquenonsat led the assassination of Father Andrés…
Interview by Syd Abad, KZSC News As daunting as labor organizing may seem, Starbucks locations across the United States are voting to unionize in exponential numbers. The unionization efforts began in Buffalo, New York on December 9th…
By John Malkin The following story is condensed from three hours of interviews and was originally published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel in two parts on December 1st and 2nd, 2021. The interviews were originally broadcast on “Transformation…
“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…
By John Malkin Gary Numan has had an extraordinary musical career spanning almost five decades. He rode the first wave of British punk into developing electronic-synth rock fused with science fiction themes. Numan had two worldwide hits in 1979 with…
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…
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…
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…
. . . . . . . . Art by Hannah Rouland, @hannah.tor.art THE SILENT MIND IS OPEN: Swiss Pianist Nik Bärtsch Explains Ritual Groove Music in New Book October 26, 2021 Photo by Claude Hofer “Listening: Music, Movement,…
KZSC collaborates with College 9/10! During this open tabling event that happened on April 26, 2019, students came in and learned how to DJ/spin, radio curriculum, music & news journalism, and most importantly, walked away with some KZSC merch! Big…
KZSC collaborates with Terry Frietas Cafe at College 9/10! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxLa5KoFDVI&w=560&h=315] During this open tabling event that happened on April 11, 2019, students came in and learned how to DJ/spin, radio curriculum, music & news journalism, and most importantly, walked…
Written by Sarah Woolley, a.k.a DJ Fizzi Pop From March 10-11, 2018, Downtown Santa Cruz experienced the whirlwind that is Santa Cruz Music Festival, featuring 200+ artists of musical and visual talent. A unique part about this festival is that…
"It's pretty cool there's a designated day promoting people to be overly loving toward a special someone. I mean, ideally, people would act like that every day but that's difficult; we can only spend so much time in our daily…
Many students here at UCSC live either on campus or within the city of Santa Cruz. Catching the City Metro, riding a bike, or simply walking out of their dorms and straight to class is the most commuting that the…
The Artists on Art show for January 18th, 2017, featured spiritual activist and author, Ami Chen, community activist Miriam Stombler and Didje Koffa to talk about the protests happening in Santa Cruz County in response to the inauguration of the 45th President…