This month, our staff put together an October themed playlist for you to listen during your spooky tomfoolery! Read on to see words from our staff about why they chose the songs they did! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2mv3LKMwooCHRbYAswIlfI?si=21ede230f6d646d4 MARION’S RECS  “Anemone” - Bri [...]

This month, KCSBfm is celebrating the wide-reaching impact of Hispanic culture. For this month’s playlist, members of KCSBfm’s Executive Committee highlight the breadth of Hispanic culture’s contribution to music by choosing their favorite songs from a myriad of culturally-influenced genres. https: [...]

It's Day 7 of Fund Drive 2021, and we have one more treat for you! KCSB's Music Directors, Yousef & Finnegan, have traveled back in time to the year that station was founded (circa 1961, Isla Vista), just to find some psychedelic music for you to donate to! They've put together this playlist [...]

We present to you: A KCSB Winter Playlist, "Yousef & Finnegan Like Winter"! "Happy holidays from your Music Directors here at KCSB! Sadly, we can’t give you any gifts in person this year, but we’ve curated a very special **wintertime** playlist for your listening pleasure. Cozy up by the [...]

DJ DARLA BEA's PLAYLIST: AS HEARD ON KCSB* (1 HOUR EXACTLY) (*songs Sunday night programmer DJ Darla Bea discovered by listening to KCSB-FM Since 1993; featuring songs played by Prozac Cat show Das Williams guest, Ryan Ealum, Ted Coe, Adam Korn, Smiley Smile, DJ Marcelino, Gardens & Villa [...]

Happy halloween, ghouls and fools! This Halloween, your Music Directors here at KCSB (Yousef & Finnegan) have decided to give you a bag of treats in the form of a *spooky* HALLOWEEN PLAYLIST! In this eclectic mix of songs, prepare to entrance yourself with sounds that are sure to strik [...]

In this installment of KCSB's Artists Playlist Series, the New York-based artist, Ntu, curates a playlist that channels the idea of "the happening": the feeling that music was recorded in a real place and time, as opposed to a vacuum. Photo Credit: Saint A About Ntu: Sultry vocals, sputtering [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]