Prepare to be transported to a tropical paradise in your mind as Barry Flanagan and Ron Kuala’au, collectively known as Hapa, return to Santa Cruz. Hapa founder Barry Flangan provides the shimmering guitar work that infuses all their albums over the years, from the first one simply entitled “HAPA” with co-founder Keli’i Kaneali’i to “In The…
A Critical Analysis of the Summer Slaughter Butthurt
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published April 16th, 2013On the fateful day of Friday March 22nd, a dramatic event that has shaken and reverberated across the entire metal community occurred: the line up at this years Summer Slaughter Festival was announced. Hordes upon hordes of furious metal heads took to their respective computers to proclaim that this is irrevocably the worst thing…
Rookie Rising
By Hip Hop Director | Published April 15th, 2013Scribecash, an emcee and songwriter from the Inland Empire, is on the rise to greatness at only 17 years of age. Recently releasing her free EP Dauntless, Scribecash shares her vocal and lyrical talents offering original conscious and topical lyrics. Aside from her lyrical abilities, the female emcee takes charge of producing every one of…
Loud Rock Charts: 4/16
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published April 15th, 2013This week in new loud rock features the newest album from the band from hell Ghost B.C. with Infestissumam. We’ve also got the latest, and some might say greatest, from Whitechapel in The Somatic Defilement. Other interesting releases include Suicidal Tendencies most recent album, and black metal outfit Woe who have been making waves in…
Record Store Day April 20
By Michael Bryant | Published April 13th, 2013Everybody’s celebrating Record Store Day, a chance to partake in the time-honored tradition of pawing through bins with fellow music lovers and finding a treasure or three to add to your collection. It started years ago as a campaign to raise awareness about the plight of independent record shops, however Record Store Day is now…
Kendra Konfidential
By Program Review Committee | Published April 12th, 2013As our spring show schedule begins, things get fuzzy at The Great 88. KZSC’s April Programmer Of The Month is living proof. Kendra Yoshinaga (aka DJ Teenage Dinosaur) does a show called “Fuzz Tone” Friday nights. It’s a retro garage, experimental and lo-fi show with more fuzzy noise than a fluffy orange cat stuffed in…
Spring Program Schedule
By Michael Bryant | Published April 11th, 2013Listening to the radio is no picnic-unless you’re tuned in to KZSC’s new spring schedule. Every day offers a smorgasbord of music delights-60′s garage & surf, blues, gypsy carnival songs, drive-in movie soundtracks and who knows what. Plus a realignment of many of your favorite shows at new days and times. With programming this hot,…
KZSC Newsletter
By Michael Bryant | Published April 11th, 2013Nowadays most of the letters in our mailboxes begin with “Deer Resident”…this must be what they had in mind. If you’d rather have something more personal, how about signing up for the KZSC Newsletter? Tens and tens of people are already finding out in advance what’s planned for The Great 88 this spring and summer…
Loud Rock Charts: 4/9
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published April 8th, 2013Coming right out of left field this week is a new album by Volbeat, who found mainstream success with their last album, Beyond Hell/Above Heaven. This time around, however, they’re coming back with some of the heaviest stuff they’ve ever put forth. Also coming your way is no-nonsense hard rock band Owl with The Right Thing, and intense death…
Talkabout 04/03/13
By nikki | Published April 7th, 2013Sleepy John welcomes Representative John Leopold and David Seibung on Santa Cruz County politics (with calls from listeners). Following them is Deva Anderson on a local art project. Listen Here!