Birp has released their new September 2012 playlist! The playlist’s music genre ranges from Indie rock to various other genres and features the work of bands like Sun Airway, Wild Nothing, and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. Newer remixes by Teen Daze, Beat Connection, and Nicolas Jaar are also featured within the September playlist. Birp is…
Got Twink?
By Music Librarian | Published September 19th, 2012Like it or not, we are well into the age of digitally enhanced music. There is no escape & resistance is futile. Our only defense is to sort through the truly awful with great speed & alacrity. But every now & then, you come across a little gem of digital virtuosity. Such is the case…
Loud Rock Charts: 9/18
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published September 18th, 2012Has anyone looked at the album releases on October 9th? Here’s a list of the bands that are releasing new albums on that Tuesday case you’re wondering: Deftones, Converge, Coheed and Cambria, Enslaved and of course Between the Buried and Me. That’s a pretty hefty line up. ADDS 1 AS I LAY DYING “Cauterize” [Single]…
KZSC’s Zine, ‘Anonymous Caller’ Is Accepting Submissions
By Program Director | Published September 12th, 2012KZSC’s brand new zine, Anonymous Caller, is accepting submissions until October 22nd.
Loud Rock Charts: 9/11
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published September 11th, 2012I just saw this really awesome picture taken in France that commemorated the 9/11 attack 11 years ago and thought I’d share with the readers out there. It’s always pretty cool to witness some love from foreign countries. ADDS 1 EVOCATION Tales From The Tomb 2 VISION OF DISORDER The Cursed Remain Cursed Candlelight 3…
Interview with BTBAM’s Dan Briggs and Dustie Waring
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published September 11th, 2012With the passing of summer comes a slew of records coming from the some of the biggest names in metal. Converge, Neurosis, Devin Townsend Project, and Deftones all have new albums that sound very promising, but they’re not quite as headbang inducing as Between the Buried and Me’s newest prog masterpiece, Parallax II: Future Sequence. With…
Jazzing Back to School
By Jazz and Blues Boss | Published September 10th, 2012Are you or your kids bored of the all-american music called jazz? Well there are some events this month that might just wake you up. If you didn’t catch the last blog post, the 55th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival is sure to get your toe tappin’ (with a stellar lineup including Ambrose Akinmusire, Bill Frisell,…
TNGHT
By Business Manager | Published September 8th, 2012This summer Hudson Mohawke and Lunice collaberation TNGHT released TNGHT EP. It is filled with 5 intense hip-hop based “electronic bangers.” Filled with unique samples that will satiate the dancer as well as the casual at-home listener. keeper tracks are: Easy Easy, and Bugg’n. But the remainder of the EP is not to be thrown…
Loud Rock Charts: 9/4
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published September 4th, 2012I just moved in to my new dorm yesterday here at UCSC. I’m living all by lonesome, and since I’ve moved in early the entire building is empty. That on top of the fact that I’ve been playing Slender and watching Marble Hornets recently isn’t doing any good to my sanity. At least I now know…
YelaWolf at the Catalyst
By New Media Director | Published September 3rd, 2012Coming across YelaWolf was a complete coincidence. I like rap as much as the next Justin Bieber tween-fan but I don’t proactively go out of my way to search for up and coming artists, I usually just stick to the classics. While at a bowling alley, yes bowling alley, a music video featuring a disheveled…