Millennials everywhere, beware! The word "epic" has finally found its rightful place in the modern world and it has little to do with your festival experience or favorite burrito joint. Kamasi Washington Dectet, a tight-knit jazz regiment headed by the…
In a journey that began with selling their CDs on street corners, to becoming the most popular band in Niger, now Tal National is promoting their new album Zoy Zoy and on tour, playing Moe's Alley May 5th. Tal National's members represent…
Harvest of the fruits of a new fall here at KZSC. World is starting off the quarter with an interview of artist Simrit Kaur! Simrit , with her unique touch to devotional chant music, will be performing at the Santa Cruz Pacific Cultural Center…
Top 10: 1. WHITE FENCE - For The Recently Found Innocent 2. OBN IIIS - Live In San Francisco 3. SHABAZZ PALACES - Lese Majesty 4. NAOMI SHELTON AND THE GOSPEL QUEENS - Cold World 5. HOW TO DRESS WELL…
Perfect Pussy's full-length first album, Say Yes to Love is a fantastic showcase of the unique, unclassifiable sound that the band has to offer. After the band's debut EP last year, several people got excited about the band's future. And…
Heading into a 3-day weekend and the official start of tourist season in Santa Cruz, here's what's hot in new rock on KZSC: 1. EX-CULT - Midnight Passenger 2. BADI ASSAD - Between Love And Luck 3. CAETANO VELOSO -…
Lots of new electronic dance/RPM music coming through the door at KZSC. Here's ten for starters: 1. CONRAD CLIFTON - Picture In Picture / Self-Released 2. HETEROTIC - Weird Drift / Planet Mu 3. RYAN HEMSWORTH - Guilt Trips /…
The spinning doesn't stop in April...here's a hot list of new electronic dance music playing on KZSC: 1. CONRAD CLIFTON - Picture In Picture / Self-Released 2. TENSNAKE - Glow / Astralwerks 3. PANTHER GOD - Golden Changes / Outside…
Top 10: 1. DENNEY AND THE JETS - Mexican Coke 2. MAC DEMARCO - Salad Days 3. PERFECT PUSSY - Say Yes To Love 4. COATHANGERS - Suck My Shirt 5. BLACK LIPS - Underneath The Rainbow 6. WAR ON…
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata (Madlib Invazion) Gary, Indiana rapper Freddie Gibbs is set to release his fourth collaborative project on March 18 with critically acclaimed producer Madlib, known primarily for his work with MF DOOM (Madvillainy) and…
End of the quarter finals are facing UCSC students, including yours truly. Here are 10 new indie rock releases that will help anyone concentrate: 1. CHERRY GLAZERR - Haxel Princess 2. TACOCAT - NVM 3. HABIBI - Habibi 4. DAMAGED…
Top 10: 1. TOGETHER PANGEA - Badillac 2. DUM DUM GIRLS - Too True 3. HABIBI - Habibi 4. ILLUM SPHERE - Ghosts Of Then And Now 5. WARPAINT - Warpaint 6. HOSPITALITY - Trouble 7. SHARON JONES AND THE…
Top 10: 1. HOLY WAVE - Relax 2. TOGETHER PANGEA - Badillac 3. SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS - Give The People What They Want 4. DUM DUM GIRLS - Too True 5. CHEAP TIME - Exit Smiles 6. JUAN…
Top 10: 1. BLOOD ORANGE - Cupid Deluxe 2. OMAR SOULEYMAN - Wenu Wenu 3. DUM DUM GIRLS - Too True 4. ARCADE FIRE - Reflektor 5. GARDENS AND VILLA - Dunes 6. HABIBI - Habibi 7. CHEAP TIME -…
Top 10: 1. SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS - Give The People What They Want 2. THEE OH SEES - Singles Collection, Volume 3 3. CHEAP TIME - Exit Smiles 4. BLOOD ORANGE - Cupid Deluxe 5. ARCADE FIRE -…
How are you doing with 2014 so far? Here's how new releases look in electronic/RPM music at KZSC: 1 MACHINEDRUM Vapor City Ninja Tune 2 POLICY Postscript 100% Silk 3 BURIAL Rival Dealer Hyperdub 4 SPECIAL REQUEST Soul Music Houndstooth…
Before KZSC leaves our spot on the FM dial until January, here's a quick look at the most popular Electronic/RPM New Releases featured mid-December on The Great 88: 1 GESAFFELSTEIN Aleph Bromance 2 MACHINEDRUM Vapor City Ninja Tune 3 IMAMI…
Call it RPM, call it Electronic Music...whatever you call it, here's what we're calling early December's Top 10: 1 M.I.A. Matangi N.E.E.T.-Interscope 2 MACHINEDRUM Vapor City Ninja Tune 3 LAUREL HALO Chance Of Rain Hyperdub 4 D33J Gravel Anticon 5…
Thanksgiving may mean turkeys to many people, but here are some new Rock releases for early November that are anything but: 1. NIGHT BEATS - Sonic Bloom 2. AUDACITY - Butter Knife 3. VARIOUS ARTISTS - Red Hot And Fela…
Thanksgiving is approaching...spare any of these new RPM/Electronic Music releases from your "turkey list". You'll hear them live late nights on KZSC. 1 FOUR TET Beautiful Rewind 2 MACHINEDRUM Vapor City Ninja Tune 3 DECO Timescales Deceast 4 DISCLOSURE Settle…