Today at 2pm you can catch Jessica’s exlusive interview with Alex Church, lead member of the great indie rock band Sea Wolf! (By the way, if you haven’t heard “You’re a Wolf boy get outta this town”, now is very much the time.) Tune in today at 2pm to catch another great episode of Pop…
Fang Island just hit our station!
By Music Director | Published February 28th, 2010Two days ago Fang Island landed at our station. And they’re wonderful. Below is the video for their song “Daisy” (my favorite song on their debut album). It depicts some crazy people dancing with facemakeup on to Fang Island‘s quite literally crazy music. Enjoy! And remember kids, you can tune into any indie rock shows…
New show spotlight: The Rising Tide
By Music Director | Published January 21st, 2010One of KZSC’s newest shows is The Rising Tide on Friday nights (8:30pm – 10:30pm), helmed by DJ PassiveTheory is bringing to the airwaves the kind of local musicians and voices that need to be heard! This Friday night, the San Francisco-by-way-of-Berkeley indie rock trio GRAND LAKE will be KZSC’s guests live on The Rising Tide!…
Mail Call: Cars & Trains (and whistles and bells?)
By Music Director | Published January 20th, 2010Another update straight from the envelope to you! Yeah that’s right, this is getting to YOU before it’s even getting to our DJs (how’s that for exclusive?!). The album in waiting is “The Roots, The Leaves” by Cars & Trains. The album rides on my favorite musical goodies such as tape samples, banjos, children’s toys,…
This is one strange “Teen Dream”
By Music Director | Published January 17th, 2010Another new arrival at KZSC: The new Beach House record “Teen Dream” is out now on Sub Pop. Straight forward consensus? The best I’ve heard of them so far. Which is saying something. A lot of the lo-fi qualities from their previous two records are gone. Each song is a bit less shrouded in fog…
This just in at KZSC: BEST COAST
By Music Director | Published January 13th, 2010Your favorite station just received some much-anticipated tracks from Best Coast, the beachy lo-fi noise pop that I feel in love with back in October at CMJ. (remember?) Keep listening to your favorite shows to try to catch a glimpse of our new record. Until then, a video of her song “When I’m With You”!…
Antarctica is back!
By Music Director | Published January 11th, 2010Once upon a time a beautiful little band called Antarctica Takes It! blessed the blogosphere (and Santa Cruz) with their twee pop. The band later broke up because, hey, in college we all have different trajectories. Now the starlette Dylan McKeever is working on the project again, and by himself. He’s looking to produce a…
Oh what? An all-local show?
By Music Director | Published September 22nd, 2009This Friday Metamusic will be hosting a reallyyyy fabulously fun show filled with all Santa Cruz bands! If you’re new to the area and want to get re-oriented to the local music scene, this is your chance! spaces! Green Flash Hermit Convention New Bengal Spice And Acid Tapestries should just change their name to “No…
To a happy weekend!
By Music Director | Published September 11th, 2009Woods – “To Clean” This video is darling, charming (or charming, dahling–whichever you prefer) and I really did used to play this song whenever the living room needed a good thorough cleaning. Listen to it, love it, and keep in mind that really pale yellow-white hazy color that sounds like early morning. (kind of like…
Tonight: an interview with Dane Terry and Jordan O’ Jordan
By Music Director | Published September 3rd, 2009This past Sunday was an exciting day for a few of us music-loving adventurers. There was an outdoor afternoon show at the Crystal Palace (our friends listed in the title) followed by a ridiculously fun show at the RC4NV (Ty Segall, Green Flash and Hermit Convention). Tromping through town with a musical suntan is just…