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EXCOMM WINTER PLAYLIST 2023

Fall quarter is over, and winter break is here! KCSB’s Executive Committee assembled a playlist of the chillest songs they know to accompany your winter activities. Whether you’re ice skating, decorating cookies, or walking on the beach (Santa Barbara Winter is very similar…

blog music December 20, 2023

December Add of the Month: Subsonic Eye’s “All Around You”

Words by Marion Suchowieky Our Internal Music Director explores the artistry of December 2023's Add of the Month and dives into the music department's reasoning for adding Subsonic Eye's "All Around You" to the KCSB library. Singaporean shoegaze heroes Subsonic Eye released their fourth…

blog featured music December 20, 2023

Programmer Review: Bésame Mucho 2023

Words by Tere Arenas (AKA Linda) and Angel Lopez (AKA musititlan) KCSB programmers Angel and Tere hit Los Angeles for the 2023 Bésame Mucho Festival. Keep reading for their review and photos. Wow, wow, wow. This was the festival of the year! Bésame…

blog featured music at the station November 27, 2023

Music Library Recommendations Vol. 2

Words by Ryan Tabib (Music Librarian 23'24') KCSB’s music library is a holy grail for finding forgotten and underground albums but also an archive of some of the best parts of the slowly dying medium of CDs: art and liner notes. So to…

blog featured music November 25, 2023

☆Native American Heritage Month Playlist☆

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 celebrate and learn about the traditions and living legacy of Native Americans in the United States. We have put…

blog featured music November 25, 2023

November Add of the Month: “Wallsocket” by Underscores

Words by: Bella Genolio For November's add of the month, KCSB's External Music Director, Bella Genolio, highlights the album "Wallsocket" by underscores Wallsocket, MI is a rural midwestern town rich in history and community. Historically, Wallsocket was a highly profitable area for horse…

blog events November 6, 2023

Factory Nights – Friday, November 10!!

✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩Travel back in time to Warhol days with KCSB's Factory Nights! ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ An immersive, multimedia, musical gallery space created to promote community and foster growing art and music scenes! ♡AND WE WANT YOU THERE! ♡ We are so excited to host our first ever…

interviews blog featured music October 24, 2023

A Conversation with Nick Kinsey of Connie Cunningham and The Creeps

KCSB-FM’s Internal Music Director, Marion Suchowiecky, sat down with Nick Kinsey. Kinsey’s newest project, Going, Going, Gone - The Rare Recordings of Connie Cunningham and the Creeps Vol. I, was released under Earth Libraries, and was recorded in his Hudson Valley…

blog playlists featured music October 23, 2023

Excomm’s Spooktober Playlist

October is here and Halloween is just around the corner! KCSB’s Executive Committee put together a playlist of spooky songs to accompany all of your Fall activities. Whether you’re carving pumpkins, getting lost in a corn maze, or doing a seance, this playlist…

blog featured events October 23, 2023

Disco Night! Thursday, October 26!

Join KCSB-FM on Thursday October 26th for a night of dancing under our spotlights, a mirror ball… and the stars, in UCSB’s Storke Plaza, from 630-930pm. KCSB’s first-ever “Disco Night” honors some of the funkiest music ever pressed to vinyl, while hearkening back…

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