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"Class Act" by Dave James

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up next: L!V3!R!3 hosted by Marley Jay at 6:00 AM

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❀ Music Department Spring Playlist ❀

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…

blog DJ Posts featured music playlists May 20, 2022

Exploring Asian American Artists with EASTBOUND

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…

blog featured music music reviews May 16, 2022

May’s Add of the Month: Everything Was Beautiful by Spiritualized

Words by: Yousef Srour, Internal Music Director It’s been 30 years since Spiritualized's first album (with most of this catalogue now available domestically on Fat Possum Records). It’s a long time in which you can redefine your sound, taking influence from pop culture,…

blog events featured music May 14, 2022

KCSB X Ventura Music Hall: Summer Concerts

The Ventura Music Hall and KCSB-FM are partnering on an exciting slate of shows to kick off this summer season! From psychedelic rock to alternative R&B, there’s something for everyone! ????️ With an intimate setting, fresh craft food, and drinks served in-house, the Ventura…

at the station blog events featured interviews music May 3, 2022

ZelooperZ x KCSB Interview

KCSB's Music Director Yousef Srour sat down with ZelooperZ on April 10th, 2022 in support of his performance at the Hub. Srour inquired on Z's Detroit roots, his latest release Get WeT.Radio, recent collaborations, and Z's signature vocal style. Video by Dorien Medina Interview by…

blog featured music playlists April 29, 2022

☆60TH ANNIVERSARY PLAYLIST☆

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…

blog featured music show reviews April 26, 2022

Live at The Music Box: Skegss

The crowd roared. The Aussie group needed no introduction as the crowd rippled with mosh pits opening up. The crowd bristled with excitement as their favorite band finally came to their home after two years of being unable to tour due to COVID.…

blog DJ Posts featured music playlists April 20, 2022

6 Hip Hop Songs to Soundtrack Your 420 High

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…

blog featured music music reviews April 18, 2022

April’s Add of the Month: PUNK GOES DRILL +** HOSTED BY SHOKURADIO

No one does “sample drill” better than New Yorkers. From Shawny Binladen to Pop Smoke, these new-age drill artists have been reworking popular culture’s biggest radio hits into grimey, bass-heavy tracks about running drills (i.e., hitting a lick, using your tool, etc). Of…

blog interviews music playlists April 7, 2022

A Personal and Political History (and a Playlist) of Ukranian Experimental Music

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…

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