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May Add of the Month: BEAUTIFUL SEIZURE by volcano!

For May’s Add of the month, KCSB’s External Music Director, Bella Genolio, highlights a retroactive add, the album Beautiful Seizure by volcano ! Words by: Bella Genolio; Photos courtesy: Every week the Music Department here at KCSB (Marion, Ryan, and I)…

blog featured May 23, 2024

☆AAPI Playlist☆

In celebration of Asian American & Pacific Islander Month, the Music Department at KCSB put together a playlist in order to highlight some of our favorite songs by AAPI artists. Though this is by no means a definitive or exhaustive list, we hope…

blog featured May 21, 2024

A Statement of Solidarity From KCSB

blog music May 20, 2024

Shabang 2024: The Framers, No Drout, & The Walters

words by: Carly Kalunian Shabang, San Luis Obispo’s yearly music festival, celebrated its 10th anniversary this May. The all-ages event attracts many college students from around California, but of course is very popular with those attending Cal Poly SLO and UCSB thanks to…

blog music May 17, 2024

Local Bands Take On Shabang Music Festival

KCSB's Clarissa Rios reviews Shabang's locally featured Saturday acts, including Santa Barbara's own The Framers. Read on for her insight into the performances. words and photo by Clarissa Rios San Luis Obispo’s Dairy Creek Golf Course was home to dozens of musical acts over…

blog featured music May 17, 2024

Reviewing George Clanton @ Shabang Festival

KCSB sent our top music journalists to Shabang in San Luis Obispo to recap and review the festival. Multidisciplinary electronic musician George Clanton's performance was one for the books... and Avery is here to take you back in time with her. words and photos…

blog playlists featured April 17, 2024

☆Spring Playlist☆

Spring has sprung in Isla Vista! The sun is out and Santa Barbara’s students are taking on their final quarter of the 2023-2024 school year. This April, KCSB’s Excomm put together a track list of songs to accompany our students and community members…

add of the month blog featured music April 17, 2024

April’s Add of the Month – All Heartbeat by Flung

Words by: Marion Suchowiecky (Internal Music Director 23'-24') Kashika Kollaikal’s newest project, All Heartbeat, represents a brimming and glittering cacophony of emotions bound together by her musical artistry. Kollaikal was inspired by the powerful sense of limbo she…

blog show reviews music April 11, 2024

El Vive Latino 2024

Words by: Angel Lopez Photos courtesy El Vive Latino El Vivo Latino music festival happens once a year, usually on the 3rd weekend of March in Mexico City. This year had 5 stages, 1 surprise stage, a comedy stage and a…

blog events April 1, 2024

Thank You, Donors! Fund Drive 2024

It's been one month since the end of our annual Fund Drive! Yes, we're having withdrawals. We want to share our most sincere and heartfelt gratitude with everyone who dialed in and donated. Thanks to you, we surpassed our $25K goal! E xpect a…

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