words and photos by Avery Kightlinger
KCSB's Digital Media Coordinator Avery Kightlinger ventured to SLO's biggest music festival May 2nd & 3rd
Shabang has become a collegiate tradition for myself, getting me to bus up to San Luis Obispo every May for…
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words by Sophie Gross
I drove home on a Thursday night, picked up two of my friends and headed to Don Quixote, a little club tucked away in the neighborhoods of East LA. I watched my friends join the…
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Thrash Takes Over The Belasco
Thrash Takes Over The Belasco: The Final Night of The 2025 Extinction Level Event Tour
words & photos by Lily Raesler
It’s an unassuming Thursday night, and I’m skipping class to go see a thrash show in LA. Life is good. It’s the…
words and photos by Sebastian Muniz-Massa
Is it F***ed Up to Call A Grown Man "Well Behaved"?
1996, The Viper Room, Los Angeles, California; an industry showcase and a moment for the Brian Jonestown Massacre band to break into the mainstream and secure…
words and photos by Leah Hetteberg
Having accumulated upwards of 600k Spotify listeners in just a year and a half, Winyah is quickly rising to become the next big name in indie-rock. Self-described as "the soundtrack to late-night drives and carefree adventures", the…
words by Isabelle Prittie / photos by Evan (@emphotos98)
On Saturday, May 16th, me and a car full of punk rockers rolled up to the Elks Lodge in Oxnard, California, eager to see Turnstile’s first Oxnard show in years. Everyone in…
words and photos by Jasmine Garcellano
Nourished by Time is the project of Marcus Elliott Brown, a multi-talented artist from Baltimore whose sound fuses funk, soul, post R&B, and DIY house. What started in his basement has evolved into something communal and…
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor Show Review
words and photos by Logan Martin
On the evening of Saturday, May 3rd, I had the privilege of seeing Godspeed You! Black Emperor
perform live at Ventura Music Hall, as part of the US leg of their Spring 2025 tour, in tandem with the
release…
words by Emma Hacker & photos by Avery Morgan
In midtown Ventura, a modest concrete building stands. Formerly the site of a bowling alley, it is now one of my favorite places to attend a concert. Ventura Music Hall, with its intimate…
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Show Review: Iceage at the Madonna Inn
words and photos by Kelly Darroch
In the heart of San Luis Obispo at everyone’s favorite kitschy, pink hotel, Danish post-punk band Iceage graced the Madonna Inn’s Expo Hall.
Although the hall doesn’t share the same floral-lined carpets and cherub decor as the…
