Do It Yrself Beck Album
Remember Beck’s “The Information?” The album that provided stickers so you could create your own cover? Well Beck is back and taking it one step further, with his new album featuring 20 songs of sheet...
View ArticleThe Soft Moon’s Sophomore LP
San Francisco band The Soft Moon will be releasing their second LP, Zeros, on October 30th. Tour dates are set, and they’ll be hitting da bay – December 14th at Oakland’s New Parish, and December 15th...
View ArticleColleen Green May 17th
Self described “stoner punk” Colleen Green is on tour promoting her new album, “Sock it To Me.” I picked up the new record at Streetlight Records over the weekend and the fuzzy, lo-fi scathing guitar,...
View ArticleTop Rock Charts For Mid-July
Middle of Summer’s Top Rock on KZSC: 1. SMITH WESTERNS – Soft Will 2. MIKAL CRONIN – MCII 3 SHANNON AND THE CLAMS – Dreams In The Rat House 4. COOL GHOULS – Cool Ghouls 5. VAMPIRE WEEKEND – Modern...
View ArticleRock Charts – First Week Of August
First day of August; here’s the KZSC Rock Top 10: HUNX AND HIS PUNX – Street Punk COOL GHOULS – Cool Ghouls SMITH WESTERNS – Soft Will BASS DRUM OF DEATH – Bass Drum Of Death KING TUFF – Was Dead...
View ArticleNew Jazz for September
Our jazz department at The Great 88 has received some great new music, especially the latest release from Derrick Hodge. Here’s what’s happening in early September: DERRICK HODGE Live Today (Blue Note)...
View ArticleMid-October New RPM Sounds
Just before the Halloween parties begin, here’s a list of 5 new and spinning releases on KZSC electronic music/RPM shows: SOUNDS FROM THE GROUND / Tribes (Upstream) ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER / R Plus Seven...
View ArticleHalloween Electronic Music Charts
Santa Cruz has a couple of big RPM/Electronic music shows happening on Halloween. If you want to get the feeling on your own sound system, here’s a list of Halloween end of October picks from KZSC. Our...
View ArticleEarly November RPM Charts
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...
View ArticleNew Rock Releases For November
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 –...
View ArticleEarly December’s Spins-RPM
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...
View ArticleRPM Charts – Mid-December
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...
View ArticleNew RPM in Mid-January
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...
View ArticleRock Charts – Last Week Of January!
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 –...
View ArticleRock Charts – 1st Week of February
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 – Exit Smiles...
View ArticleRock Charts – Third Week of February
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 WAUTERS –...
View ArticleRock Charts – Last Week of February!
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...
View ArticleMid-March New Indie Rock
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....
View ArticleUpcoming Hip-Hop To Cop
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,...
View ArticleRock Charts – Second Week of April
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 DRUGS – Lost...
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