It’s only been a month since the year first started, but there’s already been huge news coming from the loud rock scene. At the Drive In reunited, The Mars Volta FINALLY announced details about their new album, and Alcest showed us that they hate Americans by making us wait till January 31st for their new…
Brootalisk’s Top 5 Most Anticipated Albums: 2012 Edition
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published January 27th, 2012
Brootalisk’s Top 10 Loud Rock Albums of 2011 (#5-1)
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published December 23rd, 2011Well. Here it is folks. The end of the end. Seeing as how the world is ending next year, this is the last top ten list ever. Of all time. So I hope you guys enjoy it while it lasts. I know, it’s a very solemn feeling, but I feel kind of free at the…
Brootalisk’s Top 10 Loud Rock Albums of 2011 (#10-6)
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published December 22nd, 2011Well my fellow metal heads, it’s that time of year again. No, I’m not talking about Christmas or Hanukkah or any other “controversial” holiday. I’m talking about the top ten albums of the year. Specifically, those of the headbanging kind. I’ve listed my first 5 choices below. You’ll have to wait in eager anticipation for…
Relay For Life Saturday
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published May 10th, 2011KZSC is a proud participant in Relay For Life, taking place Saturday, May 14th at UC Santa Cruz. That’s Chris on the left, KZSC’s Loud Rock Director. He’s standing with one of UCSC’s Relay for Life committee members after they walked around the campus asking people for donations. We thought it’d be a good idea…
Nostalgia = brutal.
By Intro to Radio Instuctor | Published November 30th, 2010When I was twelve years old, I couldn’t help but be disappointed. The reason was not because I had just moved to a new area, nor because I hadn’t received my acceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, nor because I was a chubby, awkward, redheaded girl who was in middle school. No, it was…
Scrambles the Death Dealer’s Top 10 Part 2
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published December 31st, 20095. Between The Buried And Me – The Great Misdirect (Victory) Not much else to say but BTBAM. This album is good, but not ‘Colors’ good, giving it the 4 spot. 4. The Black Dahlia Murder – Deflorate (Metal Blade) I was a little concerned with this album at first, thinking that TBDM’s overall sound…
Scrambles the Death Dealer’s Top 10 Part 1
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published December 29th, 200910. Mastodon – Crack They Skye (Reprise) I won’t even attempt to tell you what this album is about lyrically, but, this album reversed my decision on hating Mastodon, so I felt it deserved a mention on my list, but, it’s also a really good album. 9. Adagio – Archangels In Black (Listenable) Adagio is…
Leviathan’s Top 10 Part 2
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published December 23rd, 2009Leviathin’s List of 2009′s Most Epic Albums Part 2 5. Mastodon – Crack the Skye (Reprise) There is often much debate over which Mastodon album is the best, which one is the worse, etc. but it cannot be denied that their latest is still nothing short of epic. The album is literally taking you through…
Leviathin’s Top 10 Part 1
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published December 18th, 2009This was next to impossible to create. So many good albums came out in 2009, so Scrambles the Death Dealer and I contented ourselves to create our list individually so that we could cross cover certain material. That and there is a 11-20 list that covers what we couldn’t cram into ten slots. Join us…
Show review: Vault Dweller, Fell Voices
By Music Director | Published November 13th, 2009Picture bodies packed into a cozy garage, possibly not fully sound-proofed walls, narrow, people hanging from the rafters like the apes we are, moshing into the band, and oh so much beautiful noise. Church last night. Third St in Santa Cruz near the Boardwalk was crammed with bodies Saturday night, wall to wall, two-stages; one garage…