In the first installment of KCSB's Artists Playlist Series, we present a playlist curated by the Los Angeles-based band Alms! About Alms: Alms was started in 2017 by Roman Zangari as a recording outlet for songs he had written while attending college in Santa Cruz. It grew from a solo-project to a [...]

It seems we've almost reached the end of one of the craziest summers in history. Here at the ~temporarily virtual~ station, we've cooked up a playlist to commemorate this last month. KCSB's Executive Committee was asked to contribute a few songs they've been listening to throughout August 202 [...]

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Enjoy this month's Spotify playlist, featuring the first songs played by the DJ's of the multiple new shows from our Winter 2020 schedule! Congratulations to all who made it onto FM! Artwork by Mauricio Collado, KCSB Publicity Ambassador. Listen to the playlist >&g [...]

Written by Nicoletta Browne of Hardly Strictly Americana, SATURDAYS 12-4pm  It’s time for our last new programming schedule of 2019. How’s the Americana (and Hardly Strictly Americana) of 2019 been so far? It’s been pretty great, and here’s some songs to get started with if you’ve been a [...]

Friday night, May 10th, KCSB-FM is bringing OSHUN, Jaji Preme, and Jupiter Black to the KCSB Courtyard!  For those of you who aren't as familiar with the artists, we've put together an intro playlist with some tracks we love and think you will too. Check it out, and let us know who you're most excit [...]

King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopators – Doctor Jazz Joe “King” Oliver was born on May 11, 1885 in New Orleans. “Doctor Jazz” was recorded in 1926, (issued by the Crates Digger Music Group on a compilation entitled, “Showboat Shuffle”), and is an excellent of example of early jazz [...]

Composition of multiplicities and contradictions. Soft Touch – dreams don't forget Soft Touch, a solo project from Detroit, Michigan, released Maybe Something, Maybe Nothing in 2016. Their work recently received attention from Detriti Records, a label from Berlin, Ger [...]

Recently, Negativland’s Mark Hosler and Wobbly performed a live set in the KCSB courtyard alongside KCSB programmer Irene Moon. Negativland helped pioneer the practice of “plunderphonics”, so DJ N. Weis put together a brief soirée into “plunderphonics” for those unfamiliar with the genre. Joh [...]

Looking for a ~chill~ summer playlist to impress all your friends at your next BBQ? Well, it’s here, right here, in this newsletter and it’s all Memphis and Memphis-style hip hop and rap. Memphis rap is known for it’s lo-fi, gritty production and explicit lyrics. It might seem contradictory, but [...]