Rejoice, for Bon Iver’s new album comes out today! Bon Iver, Bon Iver is the second album from folk it-dude Justin Vernon’s band, his first album being the overwhelmingly pretty, often-hyped For Emma, Forever Ago, the one that has the highest play count on my iTunes. Of course the new album is also overwhelmingly pretty,…
Blackbird Blackbird & Others This Saturday
By The Rising Tide | Published May 24th, 2011Just wanted to let you know about a show happening this Saturday night, May 28th, at 105 Pioneer Street in Santa Cruz. The show features a number of local and bay area bands that might be familiar to you… BANE SHOWS PRESENTS BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD SEAPONY OLD ARC PALMZ LIVE AT 105 PIONEER ST. SATURDAY, MAY…
The SHE’S and Hod on The Rising Tide tonight!
By The Rising Tide | Published April 1st, 2011Did you know that you can follow your favorite local music radio show on Twitter? You can check out The Rising Tide on Twitter right here! By following us, you’ll be the first to hear announcements about our upcoming interviews, the first to see photos of recent performances we’ve put up on our Picasa page, and the…
He Won’t Sit Down And He Won’t Shut Up
By Program Review Committee | Published February 18th, 2011Music, I think most of you would agree, is primarily about emotional experiences. So when people claim that so-and-so is their “favorite artist of all time,” I sometimes have a hard time believing their statement because well, Ghostface Killah may be a skilled rapper, but I don’t think he really resonates with a lot of…
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. 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….
Man/Miracle and Worker Bee on The Rising Tide
By The Rising Tide | Published January 13th, 2011It’s that time again, time to tell you all about our wonderful guests that will be appearing on The Rising Tide this friday night! First, we’ll be having the band by the name of Worker Bee come into KZSC for a chat. Worker Bee Hailing from just over the hill in San Jose, Worker Bee…
Wooster and Nick Bane live on The Rising Tide
By The Rising Tide | Published December 10th, 2010Tonight, on The Rising Tide, our primary musical entertainment is the local band Wooster. What can be said about Wooster that hasn’t already been said? They are a highly acclaimed soulful rock act that has graced local institutions like The Catalyst while also taking their talents both up and down the coast numerous times over…
Interview with Chris Letchford of Scale the Summit
By Alec Howard | Published July 7th, 2010Recently I got a chance to interview Chris Letchford of Scale the Summit, it was a great opportunity to learn more about him and the band.
Exiled From the 70′s
By Michael Bryant | Published May 15th, 2010“So after working for eight years I discovered at the end that nobody had ever paid my taxes and I owed a fortune. So then you have to leave the country. So I said fuck it, and left the country” -Mick Jagger April in Paris conjures up images of tranquility; down in the south of…
Big Giveaway For Big Audio Dynamite
By Michael Bryant | Published May 12th, 2010When Mick Jones was booted out of The Clash in the summer of 1983, his old band claimed he’d become a lost sheep. Was it so wrong to fall under the spell of drum machines, synthesizers and sampling? One of the better pop examples of the time was 1985′s “This is Big Audio Dynamite”, now…