July 23 - August 22
element: fire
key words: confident, bright, bold, proud, regal,
symbol: the lion
modality: fixed - steady, determined, calm
planetary ruler: Sun
Words and Music Curation by Chloe Kimmel, Digital Media Coordinator 21-22
No one loves life quite like a Leo! Much like the sun, Leos…
Hey Ravers!
Aidan and Ryan here, we’ll be in San Bernardino covering Hard Summer this weekend, and we wanted to put together a playlists of some artists to watch for! From techno to house, to jersey club and hip-hop, Hard Summer features three…
For this month's playlist, the music department imagines that while on a journey across the high seas in search for great music for the KCSBfm music library, their ship is wrecked by a torrential storm and they were left stranded on a desert…
Words + Music Curation by Chloe Kimmel, Digital Media Coordinator 21-22
June 21 - July 22
element: water
key words: empathetic, maternal, intuitive, sensitive, dreamy, observant, creative, nurturing
symbol: the crab
modality: cardinal – active, quick, and ambitious
planetary ruler: Moon. Classically, the moon was thought to be the…
As a goodbye from the 2021-2022 music department, each member of the music department picked 5 songs that they think the other two members would like.
MARION’S PICKS FOR YOUSEF
“Sao Paulo” - Braxton Cook
- I think you’d like this song because…
MARION’S RECS
“Lady In The Darkest Hour” - Kate Bollinger
- Kate Bollinger’s voice is so remarkably sweet. This is a song about being patient when times are tough, and trusting that better days are around the corner. My favorite parts of this…
Words by Justin Huang
boylife
boylife is the solo project of Ryan Yoo of mmmonika, a Los Angeles-based indie band. The boylife sound was first introduced with the song peas, a song more reminiscent of a slow R&B song with upscaled production and…
To celebrate KCSBfm’s 60th anniversary, the music department, with the help of DJ Darla Bea, created a playlist showcasing our favorite tunes from each decade since KCSB’s inception.
1960s - MARION
I’ll preface this by saying that KCSB did play classical music for the first…
Happy 420 to all the KCSBong rippers and KCSBlunt smokers out there supporting community powered radio. Hip Hop has a long history of producing music about marijuana and, over the years, some truly fire joints about firing joints have made their way into…
Adrian Ivakhiv (Courtesy photo)
On Monday April 4, "Selectric Davyland" welcomed Adrian Ivakhiv, Professor of Environmental Thought and Culture at the University of Vermont and Visiting Scholar at UCSB’s Carsey-Wolf Center, to the KCSB studios (our first in-person guest in 2 years!) for a special…
