Questions Arise Over UCSC Fee Allocations By Jennifer Cain and Jacob Margolis City on a Hill Press Editor and KZSC News Reporter The University of California (UC) Regents will vote Nov. 18 on whether or not to increase undergraduate educational fees by a total of 32 percent, or approximately $2,500, starting next school year. By raising…
This just in: The Dutchess and The Duke are not married. Weird.
By Music Director | Published November 10th, 2009If you missed The Dutchess and The Duke on today’s installment of the Rock ‘N Roll Club, check them out tonight at the Crepe Place at 9pm! Better yet, if you caught them and loved them, come give them some in-person support! What you missed from the live performance was the correction that Jason and…
KZSC Co-Presents: The Dutchess and the Duke, Greg Ashley!
By Music Director | Published November 8th, 2009On Tuesday, please come out to The Crepe Place for the beloved husband-wife [update: not married. looking for love.] folk duo extraordinaries The Dutchess and the Duke. Their new album, Sunrise/Sunset has been getting a lot of our attention at the station for it’s rich, thumping, heart swooning twangy songs. Greg Ashely of Gris Gris will be…
Baroness’ Blue Record Will Cream Your Jeans/Blow Your Mind and Not Call You Back
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published November 2nd, 2009I’ve been holding off from reviewing this album for a couple weeks. It might be that I’m extremely biased going in having read other reviews. Decibel magazine gave it 10/10 and went so far to call it album of the year (they’re right). Metalsucks.net gave it 4 1/2 out of 5 horns. Metal Injection hails…
CMJ Day 3: UUVVWWZ, Little Teeth, and college music awards!
By Music Director | Published October 23rd, 2009On the plate yesterday: more bagels, EXTREME pizza on Bedford in Brooklyn, The Knitting Factory and college music awards! Yesterday CMJ gave away a slewww of prizes and awards at their annual College Music Awards. While KZSC is only winning at home (and with you) right now, our neighbors KSSU Sacramento took home a mountain…
Update deux from CMJ: High Life, Duck Tales, War Paint!
By Music Director | Published October 22nd, 2009Last night on the outskirts of CMJ land I met an excccelllent all ages venue called Monster Island. What started as a quick stop just to see Best Coast turned into an all-night adventure involving whisky runs, water-front park benches, and, jesus– was it SEVEN bands at this one venue? There was also a pumpkin…
CAITLIN JEAN HANNAH AT CMJ!!!))
By Music Director | Published October 20th, 2009Friends! It’s that CMJ time of year again– that’s right, College Music Journal’s festival of vital festivities in nyc and guessss who’s here? That’s right, KZSC! Well, Caitlin to be specific. Caitlin is in New York to play at CMJ and if you have an insatiable desire to live vicariously through anyone, this blog is…
KZSC Co-Presents: The Box Elders & Fresh and Only’s!!
By Music Director | Published October 16th, 2009Oh it’s that time again for you to see some personally KZSC-recommended live music! On Saturday, October 24th KZSC will be co-presenting a show at The Crepe Place in Santa Cruz. The acts? Amazing, of course. The Fresh and Only’s will be playing, number one. And they are incredible. You might’ve heard them on The…
Loud Rock Charts by Mistake
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published October 15th, 2009The first week of new programming has come to a close and what a week it was!! If you didn’t tune in, or haven’t heard, the metal shows this quarter are Satan’s Palace, The Sledge, and Ad a Dglgmut; Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday nights, respectively from 10:30pm-12:30am. Tune in to get to the head bangin’!!
Hot Coco: The Essential Coco Montoya
By Michael Bryant | Published October 13th, 2009John Mayall’s got some pretty good ears. For his band The Bluesbreakers, he hand-picked Eric Clapton (before Cream), Peter Green (before Fleetwood Mac) and Mick Taylor (before he joined The Rolling Stones). So when he chose a young Coco Montoya in the early 80′s for his reformed Bluesbreakers, you figured he was destined for greatness….