The Party Ain’t Over for septuagenarian Wanda Jackson. Her latest release on Nonesuch is our Top Add this week! Woodsist continues to warm the cochleas of KZSC’s listeners as their darling Ducktails reins in the top spot on our charts. KZSC Radio 200 Adds Rank Artist Recording Label 1 WANDA JACKSON The Party Ain’t Over…
Heartbreak hill and the final approach
By Music Director | Published October 23rd, 2010Well, this is it. I’ve got twenty-four hours left in this city and 23499300 shows I feel I must see. Having spent yesterday bouncing around seven different clubs in Manhattan and Williamsburg, I’ve resolved to park my tush for at least two hours in each venue today. In few minutes I’ll jet over to Brooklyn…
I won’t stop til I get enough (of CMJ)
By Music Director | Published October 21st, 2010Good day! My legs and arms and head and stomach by now fully comprehend the physical strain of this particular marathon. Thankfully this city and people offer the weary visitor a number of was to replenish and sustain: strong coffee, greasy pizza, delis, drink specials and sooooo much music. So these aches in my body…
KZSC in NYC? yes! It’s CMJ2010
By Music Director | Published October 19th, 2010While the rest of KZSC labors for your love this this week, I’ve been dispatched to New York City, New York for the College Music Journal (CMJ) Music Marathon: a week of panels, parties, open bars, and shows shows shows. Come back to the blog often this week, as I’ll reporting back on the music,…
King of The Dead surfaces in KZSC mailbin
By Music Director | Published September 4th, 2010KZSC’s mail owl dropped a parcel from Marc Maynon, of Maynon (L.A.), at the doorstep to the little log cabin today. Enclosed was Maynon’s 4 track demo “Grand Horror Spectacle Songs” and a handwritten note, and the illustrated-by-hand single frame comic you see above. For your efforts Marc, I applaud you! I’m jealous of the…
Jaill played on KZSC today!
By Music Director | Published August 24th, 2010The rumors are true! Jaill are in town to play the Catalyst tonight with the Hold Steady, but first they stopped by our little log cabin for a live, in-studio performance. We hope to hear more tracks from their second full-length, That’s How We Burn (Sub Pop). My faves are “On the Beat” and “Snake…
This Friday night on the Rising Tide!
By Music Director | Published August 12th, 2010Santa Cruz is home to a number of venues, but one venue in particular has played host to more incredible shows during my time living in this town, and that is the Crepe Place. There are many figures who help run the show at The Crepe, but none are more prominent than Keith Petrocelli of…
Tonight at Surf City Billiards: KZSC Welcomes Pure Ecstasy, Sleep Over and Young Prisms!
By Music Director | Published August 4th, 2010Pure Ecstasy‘s take on psychedelic lo-fi music is mesmerizing, while fellow Austinites Sleep Over will draw from their atmospheric sound collages in what’s sure to be an amazing show! Rounding out the bill are the bay area’s own Young Prisms, a group who are gunning to break out of the region with their stunning live…
Spirits of the Red City interview tonight!
By Music Director | Published July 30th, 2010When was the last time you saw a band you weren’t familiar with, and left with your mouth hanging open? Spirits of the Red City are an 8-piece acoustic folk band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that includes two sets of siblings, the sounds of a cello, mandolin, viola, drums, guitar, accordion, trumpet, banjo, upright bass,…
Furniture-weaving/tape-recording his way to a club near you
By Music Director | Published July 28th, 2010Have you ever drifted asleep at the bottom of a dried up well, but when you woke up you realized that you’d actually been floating on a crude bamboo raft on a murky urban river, the bends and bows of which had deposited you on the beer-sticky parquet floor of the dive-est night club in…