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Show Review: Merce Lemon and Hurray For the Riff Raff at Ventura Music Hall

Thursday, June 19th, 2025
words by Emma Hacker & photos by Avery Morgan In midtown Ventura, a modest concrete building stands. Formerly the site of a bowling alley, it is now one of my favorite places to attend a concert. Ventura Music Hall, with its intimate setting and excellent acoustics, has only been open [...]
words by Emma Hacker & photos by Avery Morgan In midtown Ventura, a modest concrete building stands. Form [...]

Show Review: Iceage at the Madonna Inn

Friday, May 30th, 2025
words and photos by Kelly Darroch In the heart of San Luis Obispo at everyone’s favorite kitschy, pink hotel, Danish post-punk band Iceage graced the Madonna Inn’s Expo Hall. Although the hall doesn’t share the same floral-lined carpets and cherub decor as the rest of the buildings, the charmi [...]
words and photos by Kelly Darroch In the heart of San Luis Obispo at everyone’s favorite kitschy, pink hotel, Danish [...]

Shabang Festival 2025 Recap

Friday, May 23rd, 2025
KCSB's Digital Media Coordinator, Avery, visited San Luis Obispo to check out the annual Shabang Festival! As 2026 tickets begin to go on pre-sale, we hope our review of this year's festival gives you something to look forward to next spring. words and photos by Avery Morgan Those who love con [...]
KCSB's Digital Media Coordinator, Avery, visited San Luis Obispo to check out the annual Shabang Festival! As 2026 ticke [...]

Just Like Heaven 2025 Recap

Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
Just Like Heaven, a single day festival at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, is the place to be if you love the 2000s and 2010s era of indie music. Every May, Goldenvoice delivers a stacked lineup of acts that every millennial gasps at, with this year as their sixth (!) iteration. It’s the time of year to [...]
Just Like Heaven, a single day festival at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, is the place to be if you love the 2000s and 2010s [...]

Of Ashley, Wolgamot, and the Languages of Art

Friday, April 04th, 2025
words by Liam Hogan Last summer, I became completely obsessed with two major works of art: SMiLE by The Beach Boys and the book-length poem “In Sara, Mencken, Christ and Beethoven There Were Men and Women” by John Barton Wolgamot. The latter is discussed pretty significantly less than the former, [...]
words by Liam Hogan Last summer, I became completely obsessed with two major works of art: SMiLE by The Beach Boys an [...]

Local Legends of the 805: Rich Kids on LSD Plays Ventura Music Hall

Friday, March 21st, 2025
words by Lily Raesler & photos by Michelle Evans (@_saltygoat) On Saturday night, I embark to Ventura, 20 minutes in one direction from the very homeland of Nardcore and another 20 from the birthplace of RKL, for a night of thrashy guitar-forward metal-inspired(?) punk rock with a side of ska [...]
words by Lily Raesler & photos by Michelle Evans (@_saltygoat) On Saturday night, I embark to Ventura, 20 minutes [...]

A Night to Remember at Ventura Music Hall: Atmosphere, Sage Francis, and Mr. Dibbs

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
words & photos by Derek D-Tragic Duncan (Word on the Streets Radio) The Ventura Music Hall was on fire, hosting a packed house for an unforgettable lineup featuring Mr. Dibbs, Sage Francis, and Atmosphere. From the opening DJ set to the final encore, the super diverse crowd was treate [...]
words & photos by Derek D-Tragic Duncan (Word on the Streets Radio) The Ventura Music Hall was on fire, h [...]

Christian Lee Hutson’s Album Release Concert for Paradise Pop. 10

Tuesday, December 03rd, 2024
words by Evan Chanksy & photos by Avery Morgan Christian Lee Hutson might well be your favorite singer-songwriter’s favorite singer-songwriter. He’s written and produced songs for the likes of Phoebe Bridgers, Boygenius, Katy Kirby, Charlie Hickey, Samia, and Maya Hawke. Don’t [...]
words by Evan Chanksy & photos by Avery Morgan Christian Lee Hutson might well be your favorite s [...]

Concert Review: Mass of the Fermenting Dregs at the Vermont Hollywood

Friday, October 04th, 2024
words and photos by Logan Martin On September 17th, KCSB's Isabelle Prittie and I set out for LA to see Mass of the Fermenting Dregs, a Japanese post-hardcore and alt-rock trio hailing from Kobe City, Japan play at the Vermont Hollywood venue. The band has seen tough times since its conception in [...]
words and photos by Logan Martin On September 17th, KCSB's Isabelle Prittie and I set out for LA to see Mass of the F [...]

MJ Lenderman & Karly Hartzman at the Deer Lodge

Thursday, September 05th, 2024
words and photos by Avery Morgan Playing a run of sold out acoustic shows on the West Coast, Karly Hartzman of Wednesday & Jake of MJ Lenderman visited Ojai’s Deer Lodge last December. Only a 40 minute drive up from UCSB, I arrived early to check out the venue. I spent a while walking around [...]
words and photos by Avery Morgan Playing a run of sold out acoustic shows on the West Coast, Karly Hartzman of Wednes [...]