Category: Music News

Gravitational Pull

By Hip Hop Director | Published February 16th, 2011

Coming from Colorado, a CD titled Gravity made it’s way into KZSC. This album by T Money is completely self-produced with amazing rhymes, smooth flows, and dope beats. However, each song is totally different. While one song samples a Notorious BIG’s Respect, others take on a jazzy undertone. T Money raps with a smooth flow…

Feminism, Leg Hair, and The Shirelles.

By Program Review Committee | Published February 15th, 2011

Living in the city of Santa Cruz has a relatively profound impact on one’s sense of political  ideology, and hailing from a much more conservative part of California, provides a little  more liberal exposure than I was once accustomed to, especially as a female. When noting this, a few particular instances come to mind: In…

Best Post-Romance Songs Of All-Time

By Program Review Committee | Published February 15th, 2011

Seeing as yesterday was the day of Saint Valentine, when lovers of the world join together to go out and eat expensive dinners and parade their affection for all the world to see, when greeting card companies and florists rake in the big dough, when cupid flies across the land, shooting his painful golden arrows…

Destroyer is not Kaputt

By Station Manager | Published February 11th, 2011

Dan Bejar has always been one of my favorite artists.  If you aren’t familiar with Dan Bejar, he is the mastermind behind Destroyer.  If you aren’t familiar with Destroyer, you may recognize his voice as one of the lead singers of the band, The New Pornographers. The new Destroyer album, “Kaputt”, is by far the…

Of Disney Jazz, and other things too…

By Jazz and Blues Boss | Published February 10th, 2011

So around the end of last week I got in a CD that threw me for a bit of a loop: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat: Disney Jazz Volume 1. This is a rather unassuming looking album for being a Disney release, and pays respect to the kind of weird sleek and clean look…

Vusi Mahlasela is “The Voice”

By World Music Director | Published February 7th, 2011

Known as the “The Voice” in his home-country of South Africa, Vusi Mahlasela captures hearts with his latest album “Say Africa”. Some of you FIFA fans may recall his performance in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Kickoff Concert which features the song “Say Africa”! The album is satisfyingly eclectic, optimistic, and poetic. Vusi is not…

Wanda On Top

By Music Director | Published February 1st, 2011

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…

Garage Rock Monday Morning

By Michael Bryant | Published January 30th, 2011

We didn’t call it “Garage Rock” back then, but it was the only place we could play without too many complaints. Yes, this is a picture of me playing guitar with “The Time Expired” in the 1960′s. Old and new meet on “Menage A Monday” during the 8 AM hour to discuss a bit of…

Blackbird Blackbird, Old Arc & The Mystery Lights on The Rising Tide tonight!

By The Rising Tide | Published January 28th, 2011

Friday night is just around the corner, meaning it’s that time again: Time for The Rising Tide on KZSC! Allow me to introduce the first of Friday night’s guests: Blackbird Blackbird. Blackbird Blackbird is the moniker of Mikey S., a San Francisco-based electronic artist whose work has attracted the attention of the press (The Bay…

Rockabilly Legends at KZSC

By Volunteer Coordinator | Published January 24th, 2011

Here at KZSC we have a library filled with tens of thousands of cds of every genre under the sun. However, like all libraries, it is impossible to have everything. That’s why I am very happy to announce the arrival of two greatest hits compilations of some rockabilly legends, Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran. Buddy…