Day N Night Hip-Hop Festival (Recap + Video)
Here's the recap video for the first annual Day N Night Festival in Orange County. This was actually the first music festival I'd ever been to, and while I'd love to comment on all the things I felt went wrong or…
Programmer of the Month: Art O’Sullivan
Truly “old skool” college radio.
On September 8th, Harvard University turns 380! So it is rather fitting that such a venerable institution would also have 8 decades of broadcasting under its belt. In 1940, the Harvard Crimson Network, WHCN, was one of America's first college…
KZSC Show Reviews: Nicole Dollanganger, Teen Suicide, Elvis Depressedly
Hear Larry Coryell on KZSC’s Test of Time
2016.6: Mid-year Favorites From KZSC to You!
Explosions in the Sky and Preoccupations: KZSC Show Reviews
Ah, the Mountain Winery: a venue always been defined by its excellence. On the night of August 29th, there was a fantastic show featuring the impeccable post-rock band, Explosion in the Sky, and Calgary post-punk outfit, Preoccupations (formerly Viet Cong). Both bands had just played FYF Fest in Los Angeles and this show was a very stark contrast to the festival setting they played the weekend before. Although the Mountain Winery is an amphitheater, the very little amount of space between the seating and the stage allowed a more intimate performance from both bands throughout the night.
Aug 26 (1 pm): Larry Coryell interview
De Temps Antan, Sun Aug 21st
De Temps Antan, an engagingly joyful and energetic trio playing traditional style French-Canadian (Quebecois) folk music, will be in concert at Don Quixote's International Music Hall in Felton, CA on Sunday evening, August 21, 2016. Together since 2003, all the members…
“Sacred, Sexy, Silly & Saucy” — Enchanted Forest Gathering 2016
It was a dusty hot mid-July day in Laytonville, California. Driving up Highway 101, I finally came across a "Special Event" sign and cones leading me directly off the road and into the Will Call area. Taking my car down…
Electric Adventures at HARD Summer ’16
Summer's in LA thrive with everything from evening concerts on the beach to the weekend festivals. For nine years now, HARD Summer has been putting on one of the most well known and loved EDM, and hip-hop, raves of the summer.…
The 88 point ones…
“Taking Up Space”: Savages at the Catalyst Club 7/27/16
“Did you tell me to shut up!”, howls Jehnny Beth, lead singer of UK post-punk group Savages, during the opening song of their punishingly direct hour and a fifteen minute set last Wednesday night at the Catalyst. “Shut Up”, the…
Dance to the Radio: Moving Units play the songs of Joy Division
This past Tuesday night at the Catalyst here in Santa Cruz was one filled with dimmed stage lights and dark clothing as seasoned LA-based post punk band Moving Units payed their tribute to the Joy Division. The band have not been shy talking about the tour on social media and the hype was building since the tour date pop-up on the Catalyst’s concert calendar. Needless to say the crowd that night was dancing and singing along to every Joy Division and Moving Units song played.
Dance with me until I feel all right-A Night with LCD Soundsystem
Who can accurately describe a band like LCD Soundsystem? They have been an emotionally riveting band throughout the early 2000's all the way to 2010 where they released This is Happening, an album that includes fan favorites such as "I…
Radio from a parallel universe.
Sometimes a hole in your memory banks can really mess with you. It can be an unsettling feeling. Such was the case for yours truly on a long-overdue trip back East to see family. Turns out that, my hometown high…
This summer in SoCal, HARD Summer is near
Ice Cube, Flosstradamus, Porter Robinson, Anderson .Paak, Major Lazer, Dillon Francis, Zeds Dead, Boys Noize and more this July 30th and 31st HARD Summer in the Auto Club Speedway in Southern California will feature Ice Cube and Major Lazer this July 30th and…
Getting Ready for NorCal’s Enchanted Forest Gathering July 22-24
This July Move, Groove & Shake Some Booty in Laytonville, CA with KZSC - NorCal’s Enchanted Forest Gathering’s Yoga, Movement & Flow Arts Lineup is Here! Laytonville, CA - Amidst majestic oak trees in the sprawling fairy tale forest of…
The Pleasure Routine’s new album, “Sugar Mountain” to be released July 1st
Psychedelic rock is a crowded field these days, and among all the reverb and vintage keyboards, it can be difficult to find music that extends beyond pastiche. On their new LP, Sugar Mountain, The Pleasure Routine use the old school…
Wakin on a Pretty Day with Kurt Vile
Kurt Vile is almost a little too "hip" to be extremely outgoing during a performance, but that's why we love him, right? To quote one of my new friends from Alabama whom I met at Bonnaroo Music Festival, "Kurt seemed…