This Summer Session A, KCSB is broadcasting more new and original programs in its schedule than it has in many quarters, thanks to an incredible lineup of returning programmers! We've been incredibly proud to welcome back 23 phenomenal alumni programmers to our airwaves, as well as our other [...]

Matthew McPherson interviews Nate Cross of Astral Spirits. This interview was originally done for the KCSB Zine 2020: Love and Light (coming soon!) How did Monofonus Press birth Astral Spirits and why was keeping it DIY so essential? I had been in a few groups that had releases on Monofonus Pr [...]

With Internal Music Director under self-quarantine, Matthew McPherson (Wane Lietoc) has taken to his personal tapes, highlighting and documenting the most outstanding in his collection. Back in Isla Vista for the sixth edition, he reviews an encapsulating tape by psych-folk group Gercyz/Powers/Rolin [...]

Join us for a special episode of Dulce Fresita with our friends, Mackenzie and Matise! We hope you enjoy it babies!!!!  REMEMBER TO SUPPORT YOUR INDIE DJs!                                                                                              xoxo, lilsp000k + dj dol [...]

On June 5th, 2020, bandcamp will be removing transaction fees for artists. This means that if you buy from an artists bandcamp page, 100% of the funds donated will go directly to an artist! Holy smokes!!!!!!  Programmer of TBD, Thomas Moran, and the rest of KCSB staff put [...]

This week on Ephemera, Cyberbitch 26 & Technopagan take over the show! Cyberbitch 26, from Portland Oregon, has worked with a variety of labels including Normcorps & Prophets of Hardcore. This past month, Narcissa released her track "Bone Marrow" on the newly found [...]

With Internal Music Director under self-quarantine, Matthew McPherson (Wane Lietoc) has taken to his personal tapes, highlighting and documenting the most outstanding in his collection. In the fifth volume, he catches himself in a tiger trap. I am swimming through tapes—not even counting what [...]

With Internal Music Director under self-quarantine, Matthew McPherson (Wane Lietoc) has taken to his personal tapes, highlighting and documenting the most outstanding in his collection. In this edition, he stumbles upon a classic shoegaze favorite. After a week of rain should be a wee [...]

This week on Ephemera, DJ CHAD + DJ GAIAONLINE perform on KCSB-FM! <3 DJ GAIAONLINE, originally from the Bay Area, currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Stavros experiments with hardware and Renoise & creates DJ tools, bangerzz, & all around great music! Make sure to check [...]

With Internal Music Director under self-quarantine, Matthew McPherson (Wane Lietoc) has taken to his personal tapes, highlighting and documenting the most outstanding. Here's his take on the latest Soccer Mommy album: color theory. It rained last week to a degree that even the family [...]