Interested in college radio? Want to host your very own radio show?!!! Come join us at Loma Pelona meeting room on UCSB campus on Monday January 12th at 6pm to learn more about our station and all the ways you can get involved! Hear about how to become a news or sports jour [...]

Thrash Takes Over The Belasco: The Final Night of The 2025 Extinction Level Event Tour words & photos by Lily Raesler It’s an unassuming Thursday night, and I’m skipping class to go see a thrash show in LA. Life is good. It’s the concluding night of Dark Angel’s 2025 Extinction Level Event T [...]

Some ladies of ExComm teamed up to gift you with some of their picks for 2025's top released albums! ☆EL’S RECS☆ “Blizzard” - Dove Ellis Blizzard by Dove Ellis Although this album came out in December, this definitely deserves a spot in my top albums of the year. Dove Ellis has such a [...]

Tis the season! Celebrating the transition of seasons with a perfectly curated winter playlist made by the members of our 2025 Executive Committee. Enjoy the playlist and the wonderful winter season! EL’S RECS “En Ville la Veille de Noël” - Jenn Grant En Ville la Veille de Noël by Jen [...]

The 2025 KCSB Zine is now accepting submissions! DEADLINE FEBRUARY 14!!! Submit here Zine Committee Meetings Thursdays 5-6pm in the KCSB Newsroom In a world of increasing deception: due to rising AI content, censorship in the media, and a governmental lack of transparency, the motif of masqu [...]

words and photos by Sebastian Muniz-Massa Is it F***ed Up to Call A Grown Man "Well Behaved"? 1996, The Viper Room, Los Angeles, California; an industry showcase and a moment for the Brian Jonestown Massacre band to break into the mainstream and secure themselves a record deal that would catapul [...]

This month we wanted to express our gratitude for all the amazing music artists in the 805 area. In collaboration with our incredible KCSB programmer community, the Music Department has put together a tribute to local artists thanking them for their music and for representing this lovely place we [...]

words and photos by Leah Hetteberg Having accumulated upwards of 600k Spotify listeners in just a year and a half, Winyah is quickly rising to become the next big name in indie-rock. Self-described as "the soundtrack to late-night drives and carefree adventures", the band, originally from South C [...]

The KCSB-FM Music Department is celebrating Native American Heritage Month! As students living and learning on occupied Chumash land, it is especially important to learn about and celebrate the traditions and living legacy of Native Americans in the United States. We have put our heads together to [...]

words by Isabelle Prittie / photos by Evan (@emphotos98) On Saturday, May 16th, me and a car full of punk rockers rolled up to the Elks Lodge in Oxnard, California, eager to see Turnstile’s first Oxnard show in years. Everyone in the car is excitedly murmuring about the show – Turnstile, [...]