Hey all, It’s the second week of February, and we here on The Rising Tide are going to heat things up with a trio of performers that are sure to match the warmth of this indian winter we’re having up here in sunny Santa Cruz. First off, we’ll be hearing from one of San Francisco’s…
John Vanderslice, Skeletal System & Audiafauna on The Rising Tide
By The Rising Tide | Published February 10th, 2011
Wanda On Top
By Music Director | Published February 1st, 2011The Party Ain’t Over for septuagenarian Wanda Jackson. Her latest release on Nonesuch is our Top Add this week! Woodsist continues to warm the cochleas of KZSC’s listeners as their darling Ducktails reins in the top spot on our charts. KZSC Radio 200 Adds Rank Artist Recording Label 1 WANDA JACKSON The Party Ain’t Over…
Blackbird Blackbird, Old Arc & The Mystery Lights on The Rising Tide tonight!
By The Rising Tide | Published January 28th, 2011Friday night is just around the corner, meaning it’s that time again: Time for The Rising Tide on KZSC! Allow me to introduce the first of Friday night’s guests: Blackbird Blackbird. Blackbird Blackbird is the moniker of Mikey S., a San Francisco-based electronic artist whose work has attracted the attention of the press (The Bay…
Gay Genius and The Art Museums on The Rising Tide Tonight
By The Rising Tide | Published January 21st, 2011Let’s dig into the bands who’ll be coming up to our treehouse up in the woods tonight! The first of which is Gay Genius. This local two-piece group is comprised of Nessie from Nessie and Her Beard and Tyler from James Rabbit, both of whom are Rising Tide alum in their own right. The duo…
Tonight on The Rising Tide
By The Rising Tide | Published December 3rd, 2010Every week here at the Rising Tide we are working to provide you the best in local music programming, as well as the focal point of spotlighting a different independent artist live in the studio each and every week. This week we have two such artists. First off, let me introduce you to The Groggs. This…
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…
sea birds live on The Rising Tide
By The Rising Tide | Published November 19th, 2010This has been an insanely busy week, but we here at the Rising Tide are working to provide you the best in local music programming, as well as spotlighting a different independent artist live in the studio each and every week. For tonight’s (11/19) Artist Spotlight, we’ll be hosting SLO’s very own Morgan Enos, a…
Tonight on The Rising Tide!
By The Rising Tide | Published November 5th, 2010Each and every week on the Rising Tide we’re striving to bring you the best and brightest in local music. On tonight’s program, we’ll be hearing from Britt Govea and the rest of FolkYeah! productions. Britt and co. have, in recent years, established themselves as a linchpin in Nor Cal’s indie rock, psychedelic rock and…
Telekinesis on Pop Molecule!
By Station Manager | Published October 18th, 2010Tune in to KZSC’s “Pop Molecule”, today, Monday October 18th at 2pm for a special acoustic performance by the band Telekinesis. Telekinesis is Michael Benjamin Lerner, an indie pop musician from Seattle, WA. Michael will be performing songs from his first album, Telekinesis!, as well as from his upcoming EP, Parellel Seismic Conspiracies. You can…
Furniture-weaving/tape-recording his way to a club near you
By Music Director | Published July 28th, 2010Have you ever drifted asleep at the bottom of a dried up well, but when you woke up you realized that you’d actually been floating on a crude bamboo raft on a murky urban river, the bends and bows of which had deposited you on the beer-sticky parquet floor of the dive-est night club in…