On June 5th, 2020, bandcamp will be removing transaction fees for artists. This means that if you buy from an artists bandcamp page, 100% of the funds donated will go directly to an artist! Holy smokes!!!!!! Programmer of TBD, Thomas Moran, and the rest of KCSB staff put […]
This week on Ephemera, Cyberbitch 26 & Technopagan take over the show! Cyberbitch 26, from Portland Oregon, has worked with a variety of labels including Normcorps & Prophets of Hardcore. This past month, Narcissa released her track “Bone Marrow” on the newly founded label Hard Trade, Berlin for […]
With Internal Music Director under self-quarantine, Matthew McPherson (Wane Lietoc) has taken to his personal tapes, highlighting and documenting the most outstanding in his collection. In the fifth volume, he catches himself in a tiger trap. I am swimming through tapes—not even counting what I’ve picked up over the last […]
With Internal Music Director under self-quarantine, Matthew McPherson (Wane Lietoc) has taken to his personal tapes, highlighting and documenting the most outstanding in his collection. In this edition, he stumbles upon a classic shoegaze favorite. After a week of rain should be a week of sunshine, but the skies […]
With Internal Music Director under self-quarantine, Matthew McPherson (Wane Lietoc) has taken to his personal tapes, highlighting and documenting the most outstanding. Here’s his take on the latest Soccer Mommy album: color theory. It rained last week to a degree that even the family iris flower could not ignore, […]
With Internal Music Director under self-quarantine, Matthew McPherson (Wane Lietoc) has taken to his personal tapes, highlighting and documenting the most outstanding. For the inaugural edition, here is a look at Angel Olsen’s debut EP, Strange Cacti. Over the course of the last decade, Angel Olsen went from folk hero […]
“Written by Matt McPherson aka Wane Lietoc, External Music Director and DJ of Wane Lietoc Consumes the Bloghouse! and Lietoc’s Krankcast Currently, as I type this up, I have left Santa Barbara for self-quarantine south in Escondido. In these delicate times, KCSB, from community programmers to student leadership, is shifting in […]
This week on Ephemera, Zero will feature mixes from 909 WorldWide DJ’s, Techno Allah and Schoolbook_ Depository. Techno Allah is a Denver based producer and DJ & calls herself the 808 Clan Represent of 909Worldwide :p. She has been producing for the past eight years & started DJ’ing two years […]
Written by Matt McPherson aka Wane Lietoc, External Music Director and DJ of Wane Lietoc Consumes the Bloghouse! I’m stubborn about music, generally. It seems odd to think about it like that, because I spent much time interrogating at least 150 albums this year. Back catalogs from discogs and album […]
KCSB-FM Presents: Eyedress, Satchy, and Apollo Soul at the KCSB Courtyard! Apollo Soul (Los Angeles) After recently completing a tour as the supporting band for Bane’s World, Apollo Soul returns again toSanta Barbara! Apollo Soul consists of members: Jack Bastian (keyboards), Matt Saunders (guitar), Cole Brossus (bass), and Ellington Peet […]
KCSB-FM and the IV Food Co-Op are throwing an open mic night! Join us for a night of some sweet local talent. Music, stand-up, or literally any other kind of performance is welcome (seriously, it gets weird). Snacks & Drinks will be provided by the Isla Vista Food Co-op. Special […]
Written by Nicoletta Browne of Hardly Strictly Americana, SATURDAYS 12-4pm It’s time for our last new programming schedule of 2019. How’s the Americana (and Hardly Strictly Americana) of 2019 been so far? It’s been pretty great, and here’s some songs to get started with if you’ve been a bit behind […]
WE WELCOME ALL GHOULS AND GHOBLINS TO KCSB’S HALLOWEEN CONCERT AND MEDIA RELEASE SHOW! OUR ZINE COMMITTEE WORKED REALLY HARD ON OUR ANNUAL ZINE AND WE ARE EXCITED TO FINALLY SHOW AND GIVE U IT TO YOU FOR ~*FREEEEEE*~ !!!! THERE WILL ALSO BE A COSTUME CONTEST WITH VERY SPECIAL […]
Written by Matt McPherson, External Music Director Music Director policy has us on an active hunt for music, from the mere curios to the glaring omission. Sonically, there’s much the station can benefit from. Case in point: recently, a programmer tipped me off to a little label called Lumpy Records. […]
Sunday, October 13th at 7:30pm at Biko Garage (6612 Sueno Rd) all-ages – bring $5 to support touring bands! Perspective, A Lovely Hand to Hold – Midtwestern-tinged indie rock from Nashua, NH Get Married – Classic Asian Man/Gilman punk by way of San Jose, CA Swaye – Local Santa […]
KCSB 91.9 FM is your campus and community radio station and we want to meet you at our next recruitment meeting for new programmers, news and sports reporters, and behind-the-scenes volunteers! Our Summer Orientation for Session B will be held on Tuesday, August 6thh at 6pm at the MCC […]
On August 8th Biko Garage presents: Littlest Sister, Held, and Dolores Coy. The event will take place at 8pm and will be $5 (notaflof). Littlest Sister (Los Angeles) littlestsister.bandcamp.com Held (Thousand Oaks) https://held92.bandcamp.com/releases Dolores Coy (Santa Barbara) dolorescoy.bandcamp.com
On August 11th, @theywept is holding a benefit for Biko Garage in Los Angeles! The event starts at 9pm and includes performances by Zah, Kohinoorgasm, Münki, and Hoddy, the Young Jedi. DJ sets will be by: Grotessk, Jellybebe & KCSB’s very own DJ, Zero*. The event is $10, although nobody […]
On Monday, May 13 at The Fonda in Los Angeles, Goldenvoice and UCLA radio presented The Japanese House with an opening set by Art School Girlfriend. The sold out concert had a long line even as Art School Girlfriend, the opener, started her set. Both The Japanese House and Art […]
Few albums of the past decade resist simple categorization as Gurrumul’s 2018 release Djarimirri: Child of the Rainbow does. Gurrumul hailed from Australia’s Elcho Island as a member of the indigenous Yolngu people. Born totally blind, he never learned braille or used a guide dog and was intensely shy. A […]
[April 17, 2016] Interview by Amanda Katz and Claire Breen. Edited by Spencer vH. Photos by Emily Sevin. Mike Deni of Geographer is a self-identified fan of pop music, ranging from fellow New Jersey native Bruce Springsteen to Justin Bieber, and many artists in between. He doesn’t shy away from his […]
[April 15, 2016] By Spencer VH Spencer vH: What brought the four of you together? Were their previous bands that members played together in or are you just all just products of similar parts of your local music scene? SEE THROUGH DRESSES: Matt and I had been playing in a […]
