As spring begins to turn it’s awfully pleasant head (recent rainy and thunderous disruptions notwithstanding), the Electronic Music schedule sees some new bloom as well as older shows taking firmer root. Dance away your case of the Mondays with our newest techno show, Das Boot? Das Haus! coming to you live with some of the…
Electronic Music: New faces and old salts on the Spring Schedule
By Electronic Music Director | Published April 14th, 2010
Jonsi!
By Music Director | Published April 11th, 2010One of the newest icy spring-time treats that we have at KZSC is the first release from the guitarist and vocalist of (probably one of your favorites): Sigur Ros. His name is ___, but um, you can call him Jonsi (pronounced yawwwnnnnn-zeeeee). What started as a solo-acoustic project turned into an exploding cool album very…
Matador CD release show tomorrow!
By Music Director | Published April 9th, 2010Very exciting news to report: Matthew and Dorota ie MATADOR are releasing their first record! To celebrate, there will be a big ole shabang at The Church house with performances from Beat Beat Whisper, Pale Robin, and Casey Guitar Band. Oh, and of course the birthday babies. Yum! Come out and support cute people making…
Sunday on Backroads!
By Music Director | Published April 9th, 2010Mary McCaslin and Steve Palazzo will be playing live on Backroads from Noon-2pm this coming Sunday, April 11. Mary is a folk singer extraordinaire (and former KZSC DJ!) and has returned home to Santa Cruz after completing a national tour. She’ll be joined by Steve Palazzo, local flatpicking guitar guru and singer with the bluegrass…
We Wanna Be Your Dog
By Michael Bryant | Published April 9th, 2010KZSC wants to be on the end of your leash. This time, we’re the ones praising you and handing out the treats after a nice walkie. To celebrate the release of the expanded anniversary edition of Iggy and the Stooges’ “Raw Power”, our Block of Bliss program host will be spinning an exclusive Stooge Hour,…
We Can See Your Future
By Michael Bryant | Published April 8th, 2010If your future includes listening to the radio, we predict special goodness for you starting April 12th. That’s when The Great 88 unveils our spring program schedule, loaded with bright new music and talk programs plus a sprinkling of favorites from today. Sound interesting? Stay tuned for more details…
Wu Renaissance
By Hip Hop Director | Published April 2nd, 2010Wu-Tang is back on our hip-hop radar in a big way with numerous kick-ass releases. We started out early summer with Meth and Red’s “Blackout 2″ followed by Raekwon’s bangin sequel, “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2.” In the last week or so, Wu soldiers have unloaded a trove of awaited albums. Meth, Ghost, and…
Taking Care Of Business
By Michael Bryant | Published March 21st, 2010“I live off Bloody Marys, they give you fire. I get up in the morning and go right to the bar. Yes, I lose my appetite touring”. Thus spoke the Texas Cannonball Freddie King, living to the ripe old age of 42. Fortunately for generations of guitarists to come including Eric Clapton (whom he toured…
White Hinterland’s “Kairos” is to die for.
By Music Director | Published March 18th, 2010Really really really. If you don’t remember le grand White Hinterland, their last album “Phylactery Factory” came out in 2008 and featured a lot of boring piano-based songs sprinkled with a few gigantic gems (“Napoleon at Waterloo” and “Dreaming of the Plum Trees” are so overly gorgeous that it makes the whole album close to…
You are our friends: Thank you!
By Music Director | Published March 14th, 2010A special thank you goes out to all of you that helped us in our Spring pledge drive. We raised over $21,000 in one week, all thanks to our special listeners who recognized the importance of supporting local, original programing. Our viewpoints and our musical tastes will continue to be broadcast through our beloved radio…