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…
The 26th Annual International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards show was held last month, and KZSC will feature highlights from this event on Backroads, between 12-2pm on Sunday, November 8, 2015. Recorded live at the Duke Center for the Performing Arts,…
This past week, the Catalyst presented the wonderfully weird indie sounds of Of Montreal and KZSC has exclusive photos from the fanatical festivities. Led by lead singer Kevin Barnes for almost twenty years, Of Montreal has always had a reputation…
Finally, at the end of the tenth month, it looks like we're getting some beautiful little rain drops here and there! Luckily, KZSC is always getting beautiful little drops of new world music for all types of weather. In fact,…
Carol from KZSC's Test of Time recently spoke with Jorma Kaukonen, the legendary guitarist, singer-songwriter and founding member of the Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Kaukonen spoke about how he helped developed Jefferson Airplane's psychedelic sound, meeting Janis Joplin, and memories of the Sticky Wicket in Santa Cruz.
Multi instrumentalist, Multi talented Willie K. is blasting into Moe's Alley Sunday November 8th for 2 blistering sets of blues, a smattering of jazz and perhaps a traditional tune from this virtuoso Hawaiian entertainer. Listen to Wiki Wiki Wednesday on Nov 4 for an interview!
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:…
We lost Greg Williams this year. He was a programmer and a warm and welcoming presence at KZSC for years and years. On this Day of the Dead, we wanted to share this Cole Lemke artwork--in tribute to Greg AKA DJ Sequoia Slim and The Gemini Factor. It seems perfectly fitting.
We are in the midst of our FALL PLEDGE DRIVE, which means you could donate and receive a killer new album as a gift! And it could even be one that we've been spinnin' heavily at The Great 88! Check…
Top Ten UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS - The Night Creeper GIRL BAND - Holding Hands With Jamie HEATERS - Holy Water Pool DEAFHEAVEN - New Bermuda SHOPPING - Why Choose PRONG - Songs From The Black Hole PROTOMARTYR -…
We were so happy to get this great postcard, direct from The Festivals Acadiens et Creoles in Lafayette, Louisiana! It says: "Get on board and git a good education.... The Lagniappe crew needs a field trip!" Thanks, Randy D! We're packing our pirogue for the next fest!
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…
There comes a time when The Diversity Center has an event that we all wish we knew about, so I'm letting it all come out! You guessed it! I'll be revealing all the alluring details about The Diversity Center's Gala, happening…
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…
KZSC is losing one of its very best DJs, just as we head into our fall schedule. Dylan Music (AKA DJ Oy-Dog) of Muzikal Jewz has to end his seven-year run with The Great 88. The good news is that he has a job in radio. The bad news is the commute back to our side of the Monterey Bay is just too long.
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…
Debashish Bhattacharya is a master improviser on the Indian slide guitar, and KZSC is proud to host Bhattacharya on this week’s Used Records show, Wednesday September 30th between 9 am and noon. Bhattacharya developed a new system of playing--and teaching--Indian classical guitar centered on three of guitar designs of his own invention. He is in Santa Cruz for a concert on Friday October 2nd, at the Pacific Cultural Center.
Trying to find tickets to next weekend's Dry Diggings Festival (Sept. 25th-26th)? Tune into the Great 88.1 KZSC this weekend for a chance to win a pair of tickets to one of the premier reggae festivals of the season! Brought…
Did you know that the score to Love & Mercy was inspired by The Beatles' Revolution 9? Well now you do! Revolution 9 was released almost 47 years ago, but the new Shannon & The Clams album, Gone by the Dawn,…
Carol's interview with iconic San Francisco bluesman Joe Louis Walker is available--on demand--in the Test of Time archives, until September 25. He's played with Lightnin' Hopkins, BB King, James Cotton, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Otis Rush, and Mike Bloomfield. JLW plays Moe's Alley in Santa Cruz on Wednesday September 16.